title: Increased adhesiveness of peripheral blood leukocytes corresponds to the appearance of expansion following anterior wall myocardial infarction.
abstract: The appearance of increased leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation as an inflammatory marker in the peripheral blood of patients with anterior wall myocardial infarction was monitored. Of the 26 patients included in the study, 7 had infarct expansion as shown by an enlargement of left ventricular end-diastolic volume. The percent of aggregated leukocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with expansion (29.7 +/- 15.5%) was significantly higher (p = 0.01) than that obtained from patients with no expansion (18.5 +/- 6.8%). The lack of significant differences in peak creatine kinase concentrations between patients with and without expansion suggests that infarct size is not necessarily the main determinant for the appearance of expansion; an increased inflammatory reaction could be a contributory factor.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute Beilinson Medical Campus, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solodky
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berliner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zafrir
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuzniec
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arber
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sclarovsky
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002449:Cell Aggregation; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013318:Stroke Volume
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase