title: Cadmium, cobalt, chromium, and experimental myocardial infarction.
abstract: In the case of experimental heart muscle infarction, the infarcted tissue of 18 pigs had a cadmium content of 0.38 μg/g dry weight and a cobalt content of 0.45 μg/g dry weight. In 25 non-infarcted pig hearts, the cadmium concentration amounted to 0.27 μg/g dry weight and the cobalt concentration to 0.37 μg/g dry weight. Thus, as far as the infarcted heart muscle tissue is concerned, there is a highly significant increase in the cadmium content (p<0.01) and a significant increase in cobalt content (p<0.05) compared to a non-infarcted heart. No differences were established with regard to chromium concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic of the Medical Department of Karl Marx University, Leipzig, German Democratic Republic.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Duck
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pankau