A model of experimental atherosclerosis in pigs. Part I. Study on blood lipids and coagulation

Pigs received for 24 weeks a high-lipid diet containing cholesterol and coconut oil. Blood lipid fractions were assayed, electrophoretic separation of lipoproteids was carried out, and tests for blood coagulation parameters (fibrinogen content, partial thromboplastin time, paracoagulation test, blood platelets aggregation) were carried out. In the blood serum of experimental animals the content of triglycerides, cholesterol, free fatty acids, lipid phosphorous and beta-lipoproteids gradually increased. A hyperlipidemia corresponding to type IV of Fredrickson was obtained. No parallel changes in the results of studies on blood coagulation parameters were observed.