INCREASED PLASMA-FREE-FATTY-ACID CONCENTRATIONS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
INCREASED PLASMA-FREE-FATTY-ACID CONCENTRATIONS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(69)90749-1
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
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影响因子:
168.9
通讯作者:
OPIE, LH
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作者:
GUPTA, DK;JEWITT, DE;OPIE, LH
Plasma (F.F.A.) free-fatty-acid concentrations and urinary catecholamine-excretion rates were estimated in thirty-five consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction. High initial plasma-F.F.A. values (>1000 μmole per litre) were associated with an increased incidence of serious cardiac arrhythmias. The excretion of free adrenaline in the urine correlated with the fasting plasma-F.F.A. levels. In contrast, fasting plasma-F.F.A. values were not related to either the urinary excretion of free noradrenaline nor to the fasting serum-growth-hormone concentration. This study has not established a direct role for high F.F.A. values in the production of cardiac arrhythmias after infarction. However, intravenous glucose reduced the elevated plasma-F.F.A. levels effectively. It should, therefore, be possible to evaluate the role of high F.F.A. values in the production of cardiac arrhythmias by a controlled clinical trial, using intravenous glucose in patients with acute myocardial infarction.