title: Myocardial infarction and histamine release.
abstract: On the basis of previous data suggesting the involvement of cardiac histamine in ischemic heart disease (IHD), we evaluated plasma histamine (H) and creatine-kinase isoenzyme (CK-MB) level in cardiac and healthy subjects. 20 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (10 developing AMI in Hospital, thus making possible the detection of plasma H level before acute event), 10 patients with IHD not developing AMI and 10 presumably healthy subjects were admitted to the study. 15 of all patients with AMI showed a correlated H and CK-MB trend during AMI reaching the highest peak 24 hours after onset of pain. 7 of the patients with IHD who developed AMI in Hospital showed a slightly higher plasma H level, before AMI, than those with IHD who did not develop AMI. A possible role of histamine in the pathogenesis of AMI is discussed.
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006636:Histamine Release; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase