1. Fatty acids and the risk of death during acute myocardial ischaemia.
- Author
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Oliver MF
- Subjects
- Acute Coronary Syndrome blood, Arrhythmias, Cardiac blood, Arrhythmias, Cardiac etiology, Arrhythmias, Cardiac prevention & control, Biomarkers blood, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified physiology, Humans, Hypolipidemic Agents therapeutic use, Lipolysis drug effects, Myocardial Ischemia complications, Myocardial Ischemia mortality, Myocardium metabolism, Niacin therapeutic use, Risk Factors, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified blood, Myocardial Ischemia blood
- Abstract
Plasma free fatty acids (non-esterified fatty acids) increase in the first hour of the onset of acute myocardial ischaemia. This results from catecholamine stimulation of adipose tissue lipolysis. It can lead to a metabolic crisis in the injured myocardium with the development of ventricular arrhythmias and increased early mortality. Preconditioning, β-adrenergic blockade and glucose-insulin-potassium are possible therapeutic approaches, but anti-lipolytic agents, such as some nicotinic acid derivatives, can reduce plasma free fatty acid concentrations within minutes and have untried potential. A clinical trial of their effectiveness is needed from the first moment when a patient with an acute coronary syndrome is seen by paramedics.
- Published
- 2015
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