Ikram Din Ujjan, Imran Sheikh, Asif Ali Burney, Asim Jamal Shaikh, Naheed Parveen, Rashid Ahmed Memon, Abdul Rahim Memon, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Uzair Saqlain.
Hyperhomocysteinemia and acute myocardial infarction in patients admitted at Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad
Pak J Med Health Sci Mar 2007;1(1):31-2.
Isra University, Hyderabad

Myocardial infarction is a major consequence of coronary artery disease. Recently many reports have been suggested that hyperhomocysteinemia had an important role in myocardial infarction. Plasma homocysteine level was determined in 60 myocardial infarction patient (Group A) and 35 healthy controls (Group B). Statistically significant difference was observed in plasma homocystine concentrations between the patients of acute myocardial infarction (Group A) and in normal healthy individuals (Group B). The level of homocystine in patients of myocardial infraction is significantly increased when compared with controls. This indicates a strong association between hyperhomocysteinemia and acute myocardial infraction in the peoples of Hyderabad, thus showing plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for myocardial infarction.

Category: Cardiology
Keywords: Myocardial Infarction. Homocysteine. Homocysteinemia.

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