NYMC Faculty Publications
Serum Bilirubin and Coronary Artery Disease: Intricate Relationship, Pathophysiology, and Recent Evidence
Author Type(s)
Faculty
Journal Title
Current Problems in Cardiology
First Page
100431
Last Page
100431
Document Type
Review Article
Publication Date
3-2021
Department
Medicine
Abstract
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditure. A number of environmental and genetic risk factors have been known to contribute to CAD. More recently, a number of studies have supported as well as opposed a possible protective benefit of bilirubin in CAD, since it has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antiaggregatory properties that may reduce atherogenesis. It also shares associations with different forms of CAD, namely stable CAD, unstable angina pectoris, stable angina pectoris, and acute myocardial infarction. Lack of sufficient evidence, however, has failed to elucidate a causal relationship between serum bilirubin level and risk of CAD. Therefore, in this update, we attempted to simplify this intricate relationship between bilirubin and CAD, revisit the pathophysiology of disease, how bilirubin may be protective, and to summarize the findings of the current literature.
Recommended Citation
Jain, V., Ghosh, R. K., Bandyopadhyay, D., Kondapaneni, M., Mondal, S., Hajra, A., Aronow, W. S., & Lavie, C. J. (2021). Serum Bilirubin and Coronary Artery Disease: Intricate Relationship, Pathophysiology, and Recent Evidence. Current Problems in Cardiology, 46 (3), 100431-100431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2019.06.003
