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To the Editor: Benlian et al. (Sept. 19 issue)¹ describe four patients with familial chylomicronemia due to lipoprotein lipase deficiency and, contrary to current opinion,² conclude that such patients have an increased risk of premature atherosclerosis. Both Patients 1 and 2 were women who had angina after the age of 50 years and whose coronary angiograms showed severe stenosis. However, one of them was a smoker and the other had non-insulin–dependent diabetes mellitus, since she had received oral hypoglycemic agents. Patient 3 was a 52-year-old man free of cardiovascular symptoms, with a normal exercise-tolerance test. Patient 4 was a heavy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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