Free-radical generation during angioplasty reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction.
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.
Grech
E D
ED
Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool.
Dodd
N J
NJ
Bellamy
C M
CM
Perry
R A
RA
Morrison
W L
WL
Ramsdale
D R
DR
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
D005609:Free Radicals