HDL and Surgery

Abstract

In addition to the well-known functions, plasma HDL also plays an important role in postsurgery periods. In this chapter, we summarized the changes of HDL after surgery like bariatric surgery and cardiac surgery. Not only the amount of HDL changed, the HDL components or functions have also been altered after various surgeries. Furthermore, a few HDL-related indexes have been recognized as important clinical predictors after surgery, such as HDL cholesterol efflux capacity, HDL pro-inflammatory index, HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) concentration, and monocyte count to HDL ratio (MHR).

Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Cardiac surgery; HDL; Small HDL subfractions.