Background: Inflammatory reactions within coronary atherosclerotic plaques are increasingly thought to be crucial determinants of the clinical course of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Platelet activating factor-acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) is considered to reflect the ongoing inflammatory process in patients with CAD. The objective is to determine the activity of PAF-AH in patients with stable angina and its correlations to the lipoproteins

Background: Type 2 diabetes, or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, represents an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), being characterized by a continuous low-grade inflammation and endothelial activation state. Atherosclerotic lesions occur in diabetic patients at an earlier age with severe clinical manifestations and poor outcome. Our objective was to investigate the correlation between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase