The following are the most important diseases or complications caused by hyperlipoproteinemia (here: Lipoprotein (a) elevation) because of the end point “atherosclerosis” (arteriosclerosis/arteriosclerosis):
Eyes and ocular appendages (H00-H59).
- Visual disturbances
Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99)
- Chronic wound (poorly healing wounds).
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Aneurysm (vascular dilatation).
- Apoplexy (stroke; due toatherosclerosis, synonyms: Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerosis).
- Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)
- Premature coronary artery disease (CAD) – narrowing or occlusion of coronary arteries (heart-supplying vessels) with the risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack).
- Heart failure (cardiac insufficiency)
- Valvular heart disease – aortic stenosis (valvular heart defect in which the outflow tract of the left ventricle is narrowed) (three to four times more common in old age)
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Peripheral arterial occlusive disease (pAVK) – progressive narrowing or occlusion of the arteries supplying the arms / (more often) legs, usually due to atherosclerosis (arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerosis).
Liver, gallbladder and bile ducts – pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).
- Liver fibrosis – connective tissue remodeling of the liver with functional impairment.
- Portal hypertension (portal hypertension; portal vein hypertension) – e.g., due to liver cirrhosis/liver fibrosis.
Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, and intestines) (K00-K67; K90-K93).
- Mesenteric infarction – occlusion of the vessels supplying the intestine with necrosis (death) of the affected section.
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99).
- Alzheimer’s disease – apolipoprotein E is thought to be associated with the development of this currently noncurable disorder
Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – reproductive organs) (N00-N99).
- Renal insufficiency (kidney weakness).
