title: Rapid drop in serum iron concentration in myocardial infarction.
abstract: Two hundred one patients admitted to the Coronary Care Unit had repeated serum iron determinations. There was a rapid (within 24 to 48 hours), pronounced decrease (mean = 64%) of the serum iron concentration in 87% of the 112 patients who had a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Seventy-nine per cent of the 89 patients who did not have an acute myocardial infarction did not have a drop in serum iron concentration. This suggests an association between myocardial infarction and rapid decrease in serum iron concentration.
mesh_terms: D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007501:Iron; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D003402:Creatine Kinase