title: Low plasma Chromium in patients with coronary artery and heart diseases.
abstract: Plasma chromium concentrations have been determined for 150 patients. These were subjected to coronary artery cineangiography and thereby divided into three groups: group CAD (those with coronary artery disease), group HD (those with heart disease, but no CAD) and group N (those with no CAD and no HD). Weighted, average chromium levels for these groups were 1.05, 1.72, and 8.51 ng/mL, respectively. The distributions of plasma chromium levels for the three groups suggest that an upper limit for plasma chromium may be established (6 ng/mL in this work) beyond which CAD may be considered to be extremely unlikely, thus eliminating the need for a certain number of cineangiographic examinations.
authors.affiliation: Chimie Nucléaire, ERA 144, CENBG, 33170, Bordeaux- Gradignan, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simonoff
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Llabador
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamon
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Peers
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Simonoff