Sudden death: do cytokines and prothrombotic peptides contribute to the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction?

Int J Cardiol. 2010 Nov 5;145(1):118-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.06.014. Epub 2009 Jun 30.

Abstract

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is frequently caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF) occurring in the course of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It has not been investigated yet, to what extent markers of coagulation activation and inflammation differ between patients with and without VF in the acute phase of AMI.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Blood Coagulation Factors / adverse effects
  • Blood Coagulation Factors / metabolism*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / blood
  • Coronary Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Cytokines / blood
  • Cytokines / physiology*
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac* / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / blood
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Myocardial Infarction / mortality
  • Peptides / blood
  • Peptides / physiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Protein Precursors / adverse effects
  • Protein Precursors / biosynthesis
  • Protein Precursors / blood
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thrombin / adverse effects
  • Thrombin / biosynthesis
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / blood
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / mortality

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Blood Coagulation Factors
  • Cytokines
  • Peptides
  • Protein Precursors
  • Thrombin