Original Article M a i l i n g A d d r e s s : C l a u d i o M a g a l h ã e s R a n g e l • R u a I t a p e v a , 2 4 0 -0 1 3 3 2 -0 0 0 -S ã o P a u l o , S P -B r a z i l E-mail: cmsrangel@terra.com.
OBJECTIVETo analyze clinical laboratorial aspects of the presence of coronary disease in patients with aortic stenosis and evaluate the infl uence of risk factors in the development of obstructive coronary disease.
METHODSWe studied 65 patients who had severe aortic stenosis with an indication for surgery, ages 51 to 85 years, 40 of them women. The coronary angiography assessment resulted in two groups: 26 (40%) with obstructive coronary disease and 39 (60%) with no coronary artery lesion. Personal antecedents for coronary disease (smoking, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, family antecedents, sedentarism, and alcoholism) were analyzed. Additionally, the following assessments were made: electrocardiogram, echocardiogram with Doppler, and laboratory tests (blood glucose, total cholesterol and fractions, triglycerides, Apo-A1 and B, fi brinogen, lipoprotein (a) and fraction of triglycerides and cholesterol removal in both groups.