Correlation between myocardial function and plasma endothelin in patients with coronary heart disease / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the dynamic changes in the content of endothelin(ET) in the plasma of coronary heart disease(CHD) patients and the relationship between myocardial function and ET.Methods: The plasma ET levels of 62 CHD patients were measured by immunoradiometric assay(IRMA) at 12 h,24 h,48 h,96 h and 7 d after the attack of CHD.The left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) was detected by echocardiography and the cardiac function was assessed according to the NYHA classification criteria.Results: The plasma ET level was significantly higher in the CHD patients than in the healthy controls(P