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Detection of procalcitonin and high sensitive C - reactive protin in acute coronary syndrome :Comparison with tropnin I and rest techetium 99m sesta MIBI gated SPECT as prognostic tools
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Abstract
Coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Recent advances in basic sciences have established a fundamental role of inflammation in mediating all stages of atherosclerosis. High sensitive C - reactive protein (hsCRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) are important inflammatory markers. In our study we evaluated the prognostic significance of admission levels of PCT and hsCRP in ACS patients in comparison to the standard troponin I level. group I; 30 NSTE - ACS patients compared to group II; 30 patients with normal coronary angiography as controls. All patients had hsCRP, Procalcitonin and troponin I serum levels measured on admission. All cases and controls were followed up for major adverse cardiac event (non fatal myocardial infarction (MI), target vessel revascularization (TVR), or cardiac death) for 6 months. group I patients matched group II as regards age and sex (mean age 54.07 ± 9.3 vs. 50.13 ± 8.6 years, p = 0.09 and 67% vs 57% males, p = 0.4