title: Evaluation of tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor-I levels in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Fluctuations in tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) activity, t-PA antigen, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-I (PAI-1) antigen levels were evaluated in blood samples obtained from 84 patients with initial uneventful acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 35 patients with reinfarction and fatal infarction (patients with bad prognoses). Patients with initial AMI had significantly higher levels of t-PA activity than those of 14 patients with angina pectoris. Tissue plasminogen activator activity peaked between day 7 and 19 after the initial attack of AMI. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-I antigen level decreased significantly between day 2 and 19, then returned to the baseline levels of patients with angina pectoris nearly 4 weeks later. The t-PA activity levels of patients with reinfarction were significantly lower than those in patients without events between day 0 and 3 and between day 7 and 19. The percentage stenosis in the coronary arteries measured by coronary angiography was negatively correlated with t-PA activity. This information may help in selecting aggressive treatments such as thrombolysis by recombinant t-PA and predicting the prognosis for patients with AMI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Zoology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, Tokyo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ashikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawamitsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000941:Antigens / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator