Rebound hyperlipemia following intravenous heparin

1. 1. Lipemia is more severe in a group of subjects with coronary artery disease than in normal subjects. The degree of difference is accentuated after a fat load test in three and five hour specimens. 2. 2. Heparin, given intravenously, causes a distinct clearing of lipemic turbidity in both groups. 3. 3. Heparin, given intravenously, in an attempt to prevent the expected hyperlipemia following a fat load test, was found to be associated with rebound hyperlipemia. 4. 4. Possible implications of this rebound hyperlipemia are discussed in relation to fat transport.