Lipid peroxidation and total antioxidant status in juvenile myocardial infarction

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Presti, Rosalia Lo | Carollo, Caterina | Montana, Maria | Canino, Baldassare | Catania, Anna | Caimi, Gregorio

Affiliations: Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Malattie Cardiovascolari e Nefrourologiche, Università di Palermo, Italy

Note: [] Corresponding author: Prof. Gregorio Caimi, Via Leonardo da Vinci, 52, 90145 Palermo, Italy. Fax: +39 91 6554535; E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: In a group of young subjects with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) (97 men and 8 women; mean age 39.6±5.5 years) we examined the thiobarbituric acid – reactive substances and the total antioxidant status at the initial stage and after 12 months. The same parameters were examined in a group of 55 control subjects. Our results show that, while in control subjects there was a negative correlation (p<0.001) between these two parameters, no correlation was found in juvenile myocardial infarction at the initial stage as well as after 12 months.

Keywords: Juvenile myocardial infarction, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant status

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 93-96, 2008