Increased circulating macrophage migration inhibitory factor levels are associated with coronary artery disease [PDF]
Clinics, 2015 BACKGROUND: To evaluate the macrophage migration inhibitory factor and E-selectin levels in patients with acute coronary syndrome. MATERIALS/METHODS: We examined the plasma migration inhibitory factor and E-selectin levels in 87 patients who presented ...
Arif Yüksel +4 more
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Cold climate dual threats: lagged and nonlinear effects of air pollution and meteorological extremes on acute myocardial infarction risk [PDF]
BMC Cardiovascular DisordersIntroduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains a major health concern in cold regions, where extreme meteorological conditions and air pollution can jointly elevate cardiovascular risk.
Hongxin Xu +11 more
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Ribose supplementation alone or with elevated creatine does not preserve high energy nucleotides or cardiac function in the failing mouse heart [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Reduced levels of creatine and total adenine nucleotides (sum of ATP, ADP and AMP) are hallmarks of chronic heart failure and restoring these pools is predicted to be beneficial by maintaining the diseased heart in a more favourable energy ...
Aksentijevic, Dunja +6 more
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A comparative study on the effect of streptokinase between diabetic and non-diabetic myocardial infarction patients [PDF]
Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2008 A prospective interventional study was carried out to compare the thrombolytic effect of streptokinase between diabetic and non-diabetic myocardial infarction patients.
Md. Anup Rahman Chowdhury +4 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022 Introduction: TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) score is a model for predicting the severity of vascular diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between this score and the number of vessels involved in patients with Unstable ...
Mohammad Hasan Namazi +2 more
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The Effect of High-dose Allopurinol Pretreatment on Inflammatory Biomarkers and Post-revascularization Coronary Blood Flow in Non-STEMI Patients: A Randomized Double Blind Clinical Trial [PDF]
ARYA Atherosclerosis, 2023 INTRODUCTION: The use of allopurinol has shown promising outcomes in reducing oxidative processes responsible for atherogenic-related cardiovascular events.
Hamid Sanei +5 more
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Platelet large cell ratio (P-LCR) in predicting acute coronary syndromes before aspirin use [PDF]
Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine, 2020 Introduction: Platelet large cell ratio (P-LCR) test is one of the test parameters that is routinely calculated in the hemogram test, and expressed as the ratio of platelets with platelet volume greater than 12 fL.
Erdal Tekin +3 more
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Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022 Acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) are classified as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) based on the presence of guideline-recommended ST-segment elevation (STE) criteria on the ...
Grigorios Avdikos +2 more
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University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2021 Introduction: Creatine Kinase (CK) is routinely performed in some emergency departments (ED) for Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) workup. Its diagnostic utility is not well understood.
Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy +11 more
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Association of Factor II G20210A, Factor V G1691A and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T gene polymorphism with different forms of myocardial infarction: ST segment elevation and non-ST segment elevation [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2020 Background/Aim. Coagulation Factor II G20210A and Factor V G1691A variants are moderately associated with coronary artery disease. Polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene C677T is associated with myocardial infarction (MI) in ...
Ćućuz-Jokić Milica +4 more
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