We studied the concentrations of the serum marker of the heart muscle damage (cTn-I) and
the concentration of lipids (HDL, LDL, TG and S-hol.). The study includes serums of
patients with suspected AMI. We split them into two groups. First group consisted of 75
patients who had serum levels of cTn-I less than 0.1 mg / L; Second group consisted of 139
patients who had cTn-I concentrations in serum within ≥ 0.1 mg / L.
CTn-I analysis was performed by the ADVIA Centaur apparatus and ADVIA Centaur XP.
Fat analysis was performed on the "Roche / Hitachi 917" device. The CTn-I concentration
was determined by immunochemical method, more precisely by using direct
chemiluminescent technology. The concentrations of fat were determined by enzymatic
colorimetric method.
The cTn-I levels were within the normal range in the first group of patients and AMI was
not laboratory confirmed. The second group of patients had the values of cTn-I increased
and within this group we have confirmed the state of presence of infarction. We compared
the measured values of individual fatty parameters and their relationships of the two
groups. As expected, the first group had higher average levels of serum HDL than the
second group and the first group also had lower frequency of the presence of reduced
levels of HDL. We measured the lower values of the average ratio S-hol./HDL despite the
relatively low levels of S-hol. Reduced levels of the HDL represent lower values of S-hol..
Therefore, the measurementns of the S-hol can be misleading and do not represent the
realistic values of fat in the blood. In order to get correct interpretation of the data, we must
always measure the value of HDL in addition to the measurement of S-hol. The relation
between these two values is of great importance. We have also identified a higher
frequency of normal levels of fatty fractions in the first group as expected. It has been
established that the risk factor of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease are mainly
reduced levels of HDL (and therefore increased ratio of S-hol./HDL and a reduced ratio of
HDL / LDL).
With the controlling of HDL levels in the blood we could help reduce the incidence and
mortality caused by cardiovascular diseases.
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