title: [Malonyldialdehyde, uric acid and white cell count as markers of oxidative stress in acute myocardial infarction and acute coronary insufficiency].
abstract: Free radicals, produced in large amounts during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, take part in the degradation of cellular and subcellular membrane structures. The source of oxygen radicals in the ischemic myocardium are neutrophils recruited into the necrotic region, as well as metabolic transformation of hypoxantine and xantine to uric acid. Subsequent reactions generate lipid peroxides and cytotoxic and-products of oxidation, among which is malondialdehyde (MDA). The aim of this study was to measure of MDA, uric acid and white cell count as markers of oxidative stress in patients with acute coronary insufficiency and acute myocardial infarction. We studied 75 participants (20 females and 55 males) aged 38-75, including 13 patients with acute myocardial insufficiency (group I: 6 females and 7 males, aged 40-66 years, mean 59.4 +/- 6.52), 40 patients with acute myocardial infarction (group II: 8 females and 32 males aged 38-72 years, mean 57.3 +/- 9.57) and 22 healthy volunteers (control group: 6 females and 16 males aged 39-75 years, mean 53.1 +/- 9.62).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  1. Elevated levels of MDA in patients with acute myocardial infarction may reflect secondary disorders of cellular metabolism and late appearance of degradation products of lipid peroxides; 2. Uric acid may serve as an additional marker of free radical reactions in patients with acute myocardial infarction and acute coronary insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Domański
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pietrzak-Nowacka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szmatłoch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wójcicki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Droździk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014527:Uric Acid; D008315:Malondialdehyde