Abstract
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Inflammatory responses are involved in the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic plaques. Myocardial Infarction (MI) is most commonly due to occlusion of a coronary artery following the rupture of a vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque. It has been suggested that the adipose tissue may play an important role in mediating this chronic inflammatory process. Resistin is a cysteine-rich polypeptide that is expressed at relatively lower levels in human adipocytes but higher levels in macrophages. Troponin is found in cardiac muscle and used for diagnosis of AMI. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the level of resistin and its effect on lipid profile and Troponin I levels in acute myocardial infarction patients. SUBJECT AND METHODS: The study included 50 patients with AMI and forty healthy subjects as control group. In this study resistin , lipid profile and Troponin I were measured. RESULTS: The levels of resistin, cholesterol, LDL-C were significantly elevated with (p
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Ibrahim, lmmmA Esmaeel; EL-Yassin, Hadef Dhafer; and AL-Janabi, Hamid Kareem Sachit
(2011)
"Level of Resistin in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients and its Relation to Lipid profile and Cardic Troponin I,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 10:
Iss.
4, Article 1.
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol10/iss4/1