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Domanic, Nergis
Gelisgen, Remise
Civelek, Sabiha
Demir, Ali Soner
Ural, Dilek
Andican, Gulnur
Vural, Vural Ali
Burcak, Gulden
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Abstract | We evaluated the plasma homocysteine (tHcy) and nitric oxide metabolites (nitrite plus nitrate; NOx) data of consecutive patients undergoing diagnostic coronary angiography (n=79) with respect to the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD), the presence of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and the risk status of patients. Hyperhomocysteinemia (>15 micromol/L) was detected in 11% of the controls (n=19) and 37% of CAD patients (n=60) (p=0.03). Plasma tHcy in CAD patients was not significantly different from controls, but those with 3-vessel disease had a significantly higher tHcy concentrations than did controls (p=0.049). The patients with 3-vessel disease and ACS had the highest concentrations of tHcy (16.9 +- 4.4 micromol/L), and the difference from the ACS patients with 1- and 2-vessel involvement was significant (p=0.03). In patients with 1-vessel involvement, tHcy was correlated with NOx (r=0.62, p=0.005); in patients with 2- and 3-vessel disease this correlation could not be observed. The high-risk patients (n=51) had a higher mean number of vessel involvement and tHcy (p<0.001, p<0.05, respectively) but lower NOx (p<0.05) when compared to the low-risk patients (n=28). It appears that in the early stages of atherosclerosis hyperhomocysteinemia causes an increase in NOx production, but with progression of the disease this compensatory increase disappears. |
Keywords | homocysteine
nitric oxide
coronary angiography
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Amo Type | Article
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Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 2006-02
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Volume | volume60
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Issue | issue1
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 35
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End Page | 41
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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English
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File Version | publisher
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True
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