FREE-RADICAL GENERATION DURING ANGIOPLASTY REPERFUSION FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

Authors
GRECH ED DODD NJF BELLAMY CM PERRY RA MORRISON WL RAMSDALE DR
Citation
Ed. Grech et al., FREE-RADICAL GENERATION DURING ANGIOPLASTY REPERFUSION FOR ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, Lancet, 341(8851), 1993, pp. 990-991
Citations number
8
Journal title
Lancet → ACNP
ISSN journal
01406736
Volume
341
Issue
8851
Year of publication
1993
Pages
990 - 991
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(1993)341:8851<990:FGDARF>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We describe direct and quantitative evidence of free-radical productio n in the early stage after recanalisation in a patient undergoing prim ary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. After succes sful initial dilation, the procedure was complicated by re-occlusion o f the artery at the same site, with subsequent fall in free-radical ge neration. After repeat angioplasty, recanalisation was again accompani ed by increased free-radical production.