OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether clonidine, enoximone, and enalaprilat reduce ischaemia-related myocardial cell damage in cardiac surgery. DESIGN Prospective randomised controlled trial. SETTING Clinical investigation in a cardiac anaesthesia department of a university hospital. PATIENTS 88 consecutive patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. INTERVENTIONS After induction of ana...

OBJECTIVE We examine the use of information theory applied to a single cardiac troponin T (cTnT) (first generation monoclonal; Boehringer Mannheim Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana) used with the character of chest pain, electrocardiography (ECG) and serial ECG changes in the evaluation of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We combined a single measure of cTnT (blinded to the investigators) with a c...

Case report A 66-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive chest pain. Her medical history was positive for a long-standing diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Her initial workup showed diffuse ST-segment depressions on a 12-lead ECG, and positive biomarkers including troponin I (Tn-I) 4.2 ng/ml (upper normal limit (UNL) 0–0.15 ng/ml), creatine kinase (CK) 254 U/l ...

Objective
 Acrylamide (ACR) is a harmful organic reactive compound
 widely used in different industrial fields. Sele-
 nium (SEL) trace element that takes part some
 chemical and enzymatic reactions both animals
 human organisms can cause some disorders
 many systems such as the cardiovascular
 system case of deficiency. The aim this study is
 to investig...