Markers of inflammation in unstable angina

Markers of inflammation in unstable angina.

NMR-based plasma metabolic profiling in patients with unstable angina

Objective(s): Unstable angina (UA) is a form of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) that affects more than a third of the population before age 70. Due to the limitations of diagnostic tests, appropriate identification of UA is difficult. In this study, we proceeded to investigate metabolite profiling in UA patients compared with controls to determine potential candidate...

852-2 Widespread Coronary Inflammation In Patients With Unstable Angina

Background: Inflammation may cause unstable angina (UA) by favoring coronary plaque rupture and erosion, In UA activated leukocytes were found in peripheral and coronary sinus blood, but it is unclear whether they are selectively activated in the vascular bed of the culprit stenosis, Methods: We measured the difference in neutrophil myeloperoxidase content (MPXI) across the cardiac and femoral ...

Unstable angina.

Unstable angina has only been recognized as a distinct entity for about 50 years. The term is used to describe a symptom complex that is neither stable angina pectoris nor acute myocardial infarction. There are a number of other terms used to describe essentially the same symptom complex; these include pre-infarction angina, crescendo angina, intermediate coronary syndrome and threatening infar...

Unstable Angina

Identification of a characteristic morphology of a coronary stenosis likely to result in myocardial infarction would facilitate the prospective evaluation of infarct prevention strategies and identification of high-risk patients. We postulated that coronary lesions associated with recent myocardial infarction or unstable angina would have an angiographic morphology suggesting disruption of an a...