Abstract
Serum lipids and red cell deformability in 76 patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO) and in 31 patients with thromboangitis obliterans (TAO) were analyzed. The following results were obtained.
1) Among serum lipids, only triglyceride level was significantly increased in ASO and slightly in TAO.
2) HDL-cholesterol and Apoprotein-A were significantly decreased in TAO as well as ASO, without any change in the ratio of HDL-cholesterol and Apoprotein-A.
3) Decrease of red cell deformability was observed in both ASO and TAO.
4) In ASO with the sooner manifestations appeared the more remarkable changes were observed in serum lipids.
5) Less remarkable changes in serum lipids were observed in TAO than in ASO.
