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According to clinical presentation, we classically recognize five different phenotype based on Fredrickson classification; however, in clinical practice we recognize three principle pathogenic phenotypes: pure hypercholesterolemia [a very increased amount of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol], atherogenic dyslipidemia [combined increased amount of LDL cholesterol and tryglicerides (TG)] and pure hypertrygliceridemia (a very increased amount of TG) (2). As previously mentioned, lipid abnormalities are strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases; in particular, several studies have shown that cholesterol-rich apolipoprotein-B-containing lipoprotein have a central role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Of note, ApoB-lipoproteins up to only approximately 70 nm in diameter [i.e., chylomicron remnants, smaller very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), intermediate-density lipoproteins (IDL), LDL, and lipoprotein(a)] can efficiently cross an intact endothelium, and among these, the smaller ones pass more readily than the larger ones (3). Moreover, studies in-vivo of the influx and egress of apoB-lipoproteins into and out of the arterial intima have shown that, although the endothelial layer remains intact over most atherosclerotic lesions, its permeability to apoB-lipoproteins becomes abnormally high (4).","abstract_html":"Dyslipidemias are one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors, especially in middle-age subjects and represent a variety of quantitative and/or qualitative lipoprotein abnormalities. 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As previously mentioned, lipid abnormalities are strongly associated with cardiovascular diseases; in particular, several studies have shown that cholesterol-rich apolipoprotein-B-containing lipoprotein have a central role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Of note, ApoB-lipoproteins up to only approximately 70 nm in diameter [i.e., chylomicron remnants, smaller very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), intermediate-density lipoproteins (IDL), LDL, and lipoprotein(a)] can efficiently cross an intact endothelium, and among these, the smaller ones pass more readily than the larger ones (3). 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