Abstract
Amelioration of Type 2 hyperlipidemia by completely diverting portacaval shunt was first reported in 1973 (Starzl et al). Since then, 5 additional patients have been similarly treated by us and others have been treated elsewhere. The compiled first cases have been published (Starzl, Putnam and Koep 1978) and, doubtless more will be added by Stein in his review later today. My remarks today will be confined to a brief description of 6 patients treated at the University of Colorado from one month to 6 1/2 years ago.
This work was supported by research grants from the Veterans Administration; by grant numbers AM-17260 and AM-07772 from the National Institutes of Health; and by grant numbers RR-00051 and RR-00069 from the General Clinical Research Centers Program of the Division of Research Resources, National Institute of Health.
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Starzl, T.E., Koep, L., Weil, R. (1980). Portacaval Shunt for Type II Hyperlipidemia. In: Gotto, A.M., Smith, L.C., Allen, B. (eds) Atherosclerosis V. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6071-4_87
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