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The free radical system in ischemic heart disease

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Abstract

The present work was conducted to evaluate the oxygen free radical system in 29 patients and comparing them with nine matched healthy controls of acute and chronic myocardial ischemic syndromes. The parameters assessed for oxidative stress were superoxide anion and malonyldialdehyde, and for the antioxidant defence system were superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione reductase. Both oxidative stress and the antioxidant defence system were altered in myocardial ischemia. Subset analysis revealed that in unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction, superoxide anion, malonyldialdehyde and glutathione reductase were elevated while superoxide dismutase and catalase levels were reduced. In stable angina only increased levels of superoxide anion and decreased levels of superoxide dismutase were found. However, this alteration was less marked than in unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction. In the post myocardial infarction group there was no alteration in any of these parameters.

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