title: Free-radical generation during angioplasty reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We describe direct and quantitative evidence of free-radical production in the early stage after recanalisation in a patient undergoing primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. After successful initial dilation, the procedure was complicated by re-occlusion of the artery at the same site, with subsequent fall in free-radical generation. After repeat angioplasty, recanalisation was again accompanied by increased free-radical production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Grech
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Dodd
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bellamy
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ramsdale
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals