title: Serum-ionised magnesium in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Relation to cardiac arrhythmias, left ventricular function and mortality.
abstract: Measurement of serum-ionised magnesium has recently become available, and we report the first study of the relation of this parameter to arrhythmias, left ventricular function and mortality in patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Serum-ionised magnesium was determined in 217 consecutive patients admitted to hospital with an enzyme confirmed AMI. 70 healthy subjects acted as a control group. The main study parameters were occurrence of arrhythmias, left ventricular function estimated by echocardiography, and mortality after 10 months for the AMI patients. AMI patients had significantly lower serum-ionised magnesium compared to healthy controls but the level of serum-ionised magnesium in the acute phase of a MI was neither related to arrhythmias, left ventricular function nor mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark. he@heart.dk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elming
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seibaek
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ottesen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torp-Pedersen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thode
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Juul-Jørgensen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borresen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jordal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007477:Ions; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*; D013997:Time Factors; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D008274:Magnesium