Serum Zinc in Myocardial Infarction: Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance
Abstract
215 Serum Zinc in Myocardial Infarction: Diagnostic and Prognostic Significance SAGE Publications, Inc.1983DOI: 10.1177/000331978303400308 Ram Singh Postgraduate Department of Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India M.P. Mehrotra Postgraduate Department of Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India M.M. Singh Postgraduate Department of Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India V.K. Jain Postgraduate Department of Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India S.K. Sharma Postgraduate Department of Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India Pramod Kumar Postgraduate Department of Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India AGRA, INDIA Serum zinc estimations were carried out in 50 cases of acute myocardial infarction and 25 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. A highly significant degree of fall in serum zinc levels was observed in patients with acute myocardial infarction as compared to controls, with maximum fall on the third day returning to normal on the 14th day. Cases of myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock had a greater degree of decrease as compared to cases of myocardial infarction with congestive heart failure and/or arrhythmias, with maximal decrease on the second day returning to normal on the 10th day. All the cases with serum zinc levels below 65 jng/100 ml died. Significant correlation