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Objective To investigate relationship between serum level of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)and short-term prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction(AMI).Methods Ninetynine patients with AMl with elevated S-T segment in electrocardiogram admitted to the department of cardiology,the Fourth Hospital of Jilin University,Changchun during January to December 2008 were divided into two groups.one with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty(PTCA)or pereutaneous coronary intervention(PCI)(61 eases)and the other without PTCA(38 cases)as controls.Their serum levels of BNP were measured at admission, and one day and seven days after admission,respectively,and their main adverse cardiac events(MACE)were followed-up and recorded for 30 days.Results No significant differenee in serum BNP level between the patients at admission and one day after admission was found(P＜0.01).Seven days after admission,serum BNP level in PCI group was significantly lower than that in controls(P＜0.01),and occurrence of MACE was significantly lower in PCI group than that in controls(P＜0.05).Logistic regression analysis indicated that serum BNP level in PCI group seven days after admission was the uppermost predictor for MACE in patients with AMI in one month after onset(OR=1.026,95%CI 1.014-1.038,P＜0.01).Serum BNP level was significantly higher in patients with MACE seven days after admission than that in those without it(P＜0.01)during 30-day followup.Conclusion Serum level of BNP seven days after admission is associated with their short-term prognosisfor patients with AMI.
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Objective To investigate the effects of established swine acute myocardial infarction and following ventricular remodeling model by occluding Coronary with balloon. Methods Ten healthy Domestic swine are enrolled. Each swine's left anterior descending coronary artery was occluded for three hours by dilated balloon, and then reperfusion was performed. During the whole course of operation, the electro-cardiogram was monitored. B-ultrasound and single -photon emission computed tomography examination (SPECT) were performed to detect left ventricular end diastolic dimension, left ventricular tip wall thickness, left ventricular end diastolic volume and left ventricula ejection fraction before operation and one week, three month, six month after acute myocardial infarction. Results Five swine died during the period of opera-tion for lack of experience, the remains survived. Electrocardiogram revealed significant ST-elevation and Q-wave formation. B-untrasound and SPECT witnessed deteriorating left ventricular end diastolic dimension expansion, left ventricular tip wall thickness thinning, left ventricular end diastolic volume expansion and left ventricular ejection fraction depression. Conclusions Coronary artery occlusion by balloon can successfully establish acute myocardial infarction and following left ventricular remodeling models.
