INTERLEUKIN-6 AND THE FREQUENCY OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN PATIENTS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Authors

  • N.P. Kopitsa

Keywords:

interleukin-6, sudden cardiac death, prognosis

Abstract

It has been studied the influence of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) on the frequency ofsudden cardiac death in 80 patients after myocardial infarction (MI). The average age of patients was (58±15) years old, they involved 72 men and 8 women. The initial concentration of IL-6 in early afterinfarction periodin patients who had died suddenly during 12-month observation differed significantly from the similar data insurvived - (220±47) pg/ml versus (118±15) pg/ml (p<0,001). The same results was obtained towards CRP - (6,2±1,8) pg/ml in patients with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and (3,0±1,3) pg/ml - in survived (p<0,001). Thereby, we have done conclusions that IL-6 and CRP levels decrease in patients after MI should be high riskof SCD data.

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No. 8 (2004)

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Clinical research

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INTERLEUKIN-6 AND THE FREQUENCY OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN PATIENTS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. (2015). The Journal of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series "Medicine", 8, 31-34. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/medicine/article/view/7209

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