title: [Myosin: a necrosis marker: update and trends].
abstract: Plasma myosin heavy chain fragments are a "quantitative indicator of myocardial necrosis" in patients with myocardial infarction. Myosin assay enables: retrospective diagnosis of necrosis; assessment of infarct size; evaluation of the scarring process and risk of recurrence; analysis of methods of cardioplegia in cardiac surgery by detection of perioperative infarction; determination of the long-term prognosis of post-infarct patients.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 300, Faculté de pharmacie, Montpellier.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Léger
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D009218:Myosins / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D009218:Myosins
vernacular_title: La myosine, marqueur de la nécrose: acquis et perspectives.