Open AccessMyocardial infarct size can be estimated from serial plasma myoglobin measurements within 4 hours of reperfusion.
Author(s) -
T Yamashita,
Shinichi Abe,
Shinichi Arima,
Kunihiro Nomoto,
Masaaki Miyata,
Ikuro Maruyama,
H Toda,
Hideki Okino,
Yoshihiko Atsuchi,
Masaki Tahara
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.87.6.1840
Subject(s) - medicine , myoglobin , cardiology , myocardial infarction , biochemistry , chemistry
An early estimation of infarct size is useful for the appropriate early treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction. We evaluated how early and how accurately infarct size could be estimated from serial plasma myoglobin (Mb) measurements in patients with successful reperfusion.
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