Düşük Serum Serulapozmin Aktivitesi Aterosklerozun Göstergesi Olabilir: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma.

In previous studies, serum ceruloplasmin (Cp) level have been shown to be correlated with atherosclerotic heart disease. But it has not been investigated which result from ischemia or atherosclerosis. The aim of this study, serum Cp activity assess in coronary atherosclerosis and ischemia and investigate to which it is connected. Methods 90 patients taken for coronary angiography were included in the study. Patients divided three groups such as coronary artery disease (CAD): at least one main coronary artery stenosis exceeding 70% and patients with proven ischemia presence; noncritical coronary artery stenosis (NOC): at least one main coronary artery stenosis less than 70% and no obvious ischemia, normal coronary artery (NKA): 30 consecutive patients with normal coronary artery. Lipid profiles of all patients were measured. And serum Cp activity was measured by Erel's method. Results Tree groups were similar in terms of age, gender, BMI and lipid profile (p> 0.05). Serum Cp activity was significantly different among groups (p <0.05). CP activity was significantly lower in the patient group compared to the NOC group. In the subgroup analysis this difference was observed among NKA group and other groups. Pearson correlation analysis showed that serum Cp activity is the negative with total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, positively correlated with high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDLK). Linier regression analysis showed that only HDLK effect serum Cp activity from these parameters independently. Conclusions As a result, in patients with atherosclerosis, serum Cp activity was lower than in patients with normal coronary arteries. The presence of ischemia did not affect the result. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]