Are nonoptimal high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels highly prevalent in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes and well-controlled low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels?
In conclusion, nonoptimal HDL-C levels are highly prevalent in patients presenting with ACS and reasonably controlled LDL-C and non-HDL-C levels.
VWF:CB may be useful in diagnosis of VWD, as a decreased VWF:CB/VWF:Ag ratio may reflect specific loss of collagen binding ability. Mutations that exclusively affect type VI collagen binding may be associated with bleeding, yet missed by current VWF testing.