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Tocopherol in lipoproteins and blood cells after cardiac surgery.

Hacquebard M, Ducart A, Schmartz D, Tembo N, Carpentier YA

Laboratory for Experimental Surgery L. Deloyers. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue J. Wybran 40, 1070 Brussels, Belgium. Mirjam.Hacquebard@ulb.ac.be

Cardiac surgery was associated with a marked reduction in circulating LDL and HDL particles, which in turn largely affectd alpha-toc transport. alpha-toc was decreased in WBCs but not in PLTs and RBCs. An increased hydroperoxide content was observed in LDL and possibly in HDL after cardiac surgery.

Published 8 March 2005 in Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1031: 432-4.
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