title: Relationship between elastase and total antioxidant status in young subjects with recent myocardial infarction.
abstract: In a group of young subjects with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (68 men and 7 women; mean age 39.6+/-5.7 years) we examined the plasma concentration of elastase, the thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and the total antioxidant status (TAS) at the initial stage of AMI. In this group we found an increase of elastase (p<0.001) and TBARS (p<0.001) and a decrease of TAS (p<0.001). A statistical correlation was observed in the whole group of AMI patients between plasma elastase and TAS (p<0.01) and this correlation was more statistically significant in patients with more risk factors and not in those with more involved vessels.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Malattie Cardiovascolari e Nefrourologiche, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Rosalia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lo Presti
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montana
authors.forename: Baldassare
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canino
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amodeo
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lucido
authors.forename: Adele
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catania
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caimi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000097:blood*; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D015415:Biomarkers; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase