Is serum bilirubin a risk factor for coronary artery disease?

The Relation of Serum Bilirubin Level with the Severity and Complexity of Coronary Artery Disease and Long-term Outcomes in the Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Background and Aims: Bilirubin has been considered an antioxidant that protects against atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of serum bilirubin level with the severity and complexity of coronary artery disease (CAD) and long-term outcome in the patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Materials and Methods: This prospective coho...

Serum lipoprotein (a) as an atherosclerosis risk factor in men with androgenic alopecia

Background: The association between coronary artery disease and androgenic alopecia has been demonstrated, but few studies have focused on the mechanism of this association. The aim of this study was to evaluate the lipid profile in male pattern alopecia.Methods: In this case control study, 45 male patients with androgenic alopecia who were aged from 20 to 50 years and 45 men with a norma...

Association of low serum concentration of bilirubin with increased risk of coronary artery disease.

We examined serum bilirubin and various liver-function enzymes as possible risk factors for angiographically documented coronary artery disease (CAD). The studies involved a "training" set of 619 men for whom complete data on all risk factors considered were available, and a "test" set of 258 men for whom some risk factor data were not available. In both study groups, the liver enzymes were not...

بررسی ارتباط سطح سرمی سرولوپلاسمین با بیماری عروق کرونری قلب

Background & Aims:Over the last decade, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become the single largest cause of death worldwide including all developing regions. The coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most lethal form of CVD. Ceruloplasmin is a ferroxidase enzyme with two paradoxically oxidative and antioxidative performances. Some studies show that ceruloplasmin give rise to atherosclerosis...

Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) is a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease

Study of the correlation between ACE gene polymorphism and coronary artery disease

Introduction: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is an exopeptidase that converts Angiotensin I to Angiotensin II. Angiotensin II is a potent vasoconstrictor and releases aldosterone, and have a critical role in hypertension. In this study, ACE insertion / deletion (I/D) polymorphism and ACE activity was determined in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and normal subjects. The corr...