STROMAL LIPIDS OF PERIPHERAL-BLOOD RED-CE LLS AND MYOCARDIAL DYSTROPHY IN PATIENTS WITH IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

Lipid fractions (total lipids and phospholipids, triglycerides, free f atty acids, cholesterol, lysophospholipids, sphingomyelins, phosphatid ylserins, phosphatidylcholines, phosphatidylethanolamines, cardiolipin s, phosphatidic acids) were assessed in stromal red cells of 41 patien ts with iron deficiency anemia (IDA), The values obtained were correla ted with wave T height at rest ECG. It was found that IDA patients hav e abnormalities in the lipid spectrum of red cell stroma promoting myo cardiodystrophy. Therapeutic measures to normalize relevant lipid spec trum may become one of the factors preventing further dystrophic devel opments in the myocardium.