Raised plasma urea levels after myocardial infarction.
Plasma and urine urea and creatinine levels were measured in 50 consecutive patients admitted to a coronary care unit. Forty of the patients had had myocardial infarction; their average plasma urea level increased substantially by the third day after admission, when 50% of the patients had an "abnormally" high plasma urea level. There was no change in plasma urea levels in ten patients who had not had a myocardial infarction. Results indicate that a rise in plasma urea level is common if not universal after myocardial infarction and is caused by either a fall in the glomerular filtration rate or an increased urea production rather than a mixture of the two.
D000368:Aged; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D014508:Urea / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine
D014508:Urea; D003404:Creatinine