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  • Title: [The role of serum amyloid A in the early diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome].
    Author: Cabala M, Gajdosz R.
    Journal: Przegl Lek; 2005; 62(1):13-6. PubMed ID: 16053213.
    Abstract:
    The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnostic usefulness of serum amyloid A (SAA) in diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in group of patients with stenocardia. The study was carried out in group of 62 patients admitted to Emergency Unit of 5-th Military Hospital in Krakow. The study group consisted of 24 (38.7%) patients with unstable angina pectoris and 38 (61.3%) with acute myocardial infarction. It was found that SAA concentration significantly increases in patients with AMI: 136.0 +/- 220.6 mg/L versus 7.38 +/- 8.8 mg/L in unstable angina pectoris (p < or = 0.009). Studies of mutual relations between SAA levels and cardiac markers have shown a remarkably positive correlation between SAA and troponin I (r = 0.39; p < or = 0.01) and negative correlation between SAA concentrations and platelet count decrease (r = -0.55; p < or = 0.01).
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