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Background:
In our study, we aimed to determine the change in levels of salusin-alpha and salusin-beta at admission and after the treatment in patients with STEMI, who have active atherosclerosis.
Methods:
Serum salusin-alpha and beta levels of 50 patients diagnosed with STEMI in the emergency department were measured at admission and on 7th day post-treatment and compared with serum salusin levels of 50 healthy volunteers.
Results:
In STEMI patients, salusin-alpha levels were found to be significantly decreased (p < 0.001) and salusinbeta levels were found to be significantly increased (p < 0.001) compared to healthy volunteers in the control group. 7th day post-treatment salusin-alpha levels were found to be lower and salusin-beta levels were found to be at a higher level compared to healthy individuals (p < 0.001). Negative correlation (r = -.322 p = 0.023) was found between salusin-alpha levels and pulse rate. But no significant correlation was found between salusin-beta levels and biochemical parameters.
Conclusions:
The data of this study support the fact that salusin-alpha levels decrease and salusin-beta levels increase in acute cases such as STEMI.
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