introduction: cardiac preconditioning represents the most potent and consistently reproducible method of rescuing heart tissue from undergoing irreversible ischemic damage. the aim of the present study was to evaluate oxytocin (ot) induced cardioprotection and its signaling pathways on lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) and creatine kinase-mb isoenzyme (ck-mb) in the anesthetized rats. methods: eighty...

The risk of death or recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with chest pain and baseline isolated troponin elevation is unclear. To determine the early and short-term risk of death or MI associated with isolated troponin elevation across a spectrum of chest pain syndromes, we used baseline creatine kinase (CK)-MB and troponin data from the Platelet IIb/IIIa Antagonism for the Reductio...

OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the impact of intermediate creatine kinase-myocardial band isoenzyme (CK-MB) elevation on late clinical outcomes in patients undergoing successful stent implantation in native coronary arteries. BACKGROUND Elevations of CK-MB after percutaneous coronary interventions are frequent. An association between high level of CK-MB elevation (>5 times normal) and late m...

A centrifugal analyzer method was developed for measuring the MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (EC 2.7.3.2) in serum by use of a specific immunochemical technique that avoids interference from CK-BB and adenylate kinase. Enzymatic activity was measured kinetically at 30 degrees C with an optimized reagent containing creatine phosphate as substrate. The precision (CV) of the assay was 5 to 12 per...

BACKGROUND Chest pain is a frequent presenting symptom and is a diagnostic challenge. Recent recommendations state that high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays are the only biochemical test required in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and that other biomarkers such as myoglobin or creatine kinase (CK)-MB isoform are not indicated. OBJECTIVE To establish whether clinician orderi...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to explore the treatment method of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS Myocardial Ischemia-reperfusion rabbit model was established in this study. They were divided into four groups: sham operation (S) group, IRI control (I/R) group and IRI with morphine (MF) group and sufentanil (SF). Myocardial infarct size was compared with HE staining method. TUNEL as...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES In this study we measured the concentrations of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and several biochemical markers of myocardial damage after elective external cardioversion or internal cardioversion by specific catheters or automatic defibrillators. MATERIAL AND METHODS Biochemical markers were analyzed prospectively for 30 consecutive patients after electrical cardioversi...

BACKGROUND Although it has been suggested that elevation of CK-MB after percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with adverse clinical outcomes, limited data are available in the setting of coronary bypass grafting. The aim of the present study was to determine the incidence, predictors, and prognostic significance of CK-MB elevation following multivessel coronary bypass grafting (CABG)...

AIM The glycogen phosphorylase isoenzyme BB (GPBB), as an ischemic marker, has not yet been investigated after elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). ose aim of the study was to monitor GPBB, creatine kinase myocardial isoform (CK-MB) mass) and troponin I (TnI) value after PCI in correlation with ischemic incidents. METHODS Forty-two consecutive patients undergoing elective PCI we...