title: Prevalence of autoantibodies against contractile proteins in coronary artery disease and their clinical implications.
abstract: In this initial study, we found that autoantibodies against actin and myosin were present during and after an acute coronary syndrome. Moreover, they correlated with persistent troponin-I elevation at follow-up, and with late myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York 10022, USA. gdangas@compuserve.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dangas
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Konstadoulakis
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kymionis
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Toutouza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liakos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadaniantz
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chesebro
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Toutouzas
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000276:immunology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009218:Myosins / Q000276:immunology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D019210:Troponin I / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D001323:Autoantibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D019210:Troponin I; D009218:Myosins