title: Prognosis of myocardial infarction and brain functional asymmetry.
abstract: Seventy-eight men (mean age, 47.0 +/- 1.1 years) who had suffered from myocardial infarction were examined. Blood cholesterol, lipoproteins, triglycerides, insulin and cortisol concentrations were compared in patients with left hemisphere or right hemisphere cerebral dominance. Patients with left hemisphere dominance had more serious disease and much higher levels of blood cholesterol and lipoproteins. Patients with right hemisphere dominance had the highest levels of blood cortisol and insulin. The brain's functional asymmetry may be one of the risk factors for coronary atherosclerosis in subjects under the age of 50 years.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Nikolaeva
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Oteva
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nikolaeva
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Shterental
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D006854:Hydrocortisone