Homocysteine levels as a measure of myocardial damage
A recent study shows that homocysteine levels reflect the extent of myocardial damage in acute ischemia.
The Scientist Staff
Oct 4, 2000
Plasma homocysteine levels are positively correlated with the extent of ischemic myocardial damage in patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), a multicenter research team report in
Al-Obaidi and colleagues studied 390 consecutive patients who presented with acute myocardial infarction (MI) or unstable angina pectoris (UA). Analysis of clinical and biochemical parameters revealed that there was a significant increase in peak cardiac troponin T (cTnT) levels in the highest homocysteine quintile (7.85 μg/l,