title: Homocysteine and nitric oxide in patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography.
abstract: We evaluated the plasma homocysteine (tHcy) and nitric oxide metabolites (nitrite plus nitrate; NOx) data of consecutive patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography (n=79) with respect to the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), the presence of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and the risk status of patients. Hyperhomocysteinemia (>15 micromol/L) was detected in 11% of the controls (n=19) and 37% of CAD patients (n=60) (p=0.03). Plasma tHcy in CAD patients was not significantly different from controls, but those with 3-vessel disease had a significantly higher tHcy concentrations than did controls (p=0.049). The patients with 3-vessel disease and ACS had the highest concentrations of tHcy (16.9 +- 4.4 micromol/L), and the difference from the ACS patients with 1- and 2-vessel involvement was significant (p=0.03). In patients with 1-vessel involvement, tHcy was correlated with NOx (r=0.62, p=0.005); in patients with 2- and 3-vessel disease this correlation could not be observed. The high-risk patients (n=51) had a higher mean number of vessel involvement and tHcy (p<0.001, p<0.05, respectively) but lower NOx (p<0.05) when compared to the low-risk patients (n=28). It appears that in the early stages of atherosclerosis hyperhomocysteinemia causes an increase in NOx production, but with progression of the disease this compensatory increase disappears.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34098, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nergis
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Domaniç
authors.forename: Remise
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gelişgen
authors.forename: Sabiha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Civelek
authors.forename: Ali Soner
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ural
authors.forename: Gülnur
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andican
authors.forename: Vural Ali
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Vural
authors.forename: Gülden
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burçak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000097:blood*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D006710:Homocysteine; D009569:Nitric Oxide