[Detection of alpha2H-globulin in the blood serum in myocardial infarct]

The content of alpha2H-globulin in the plasma of 53 patients with macrofocal and 33 patients with microfocal myocardial infarction was determined in dynamics by the immunochemical method, with due account for the form and severity of the disease, the extent of involvement of the heart muscle, and the presence of complications and concomitant pathologic conditions of the lungs and kidneys. The frequency of alpha2H-globulin detection was 62% in macrofocal and 21% in microfocal myocardial infarction. In transmural myocardial infarction alpha2H-globulin is detected within the first 3 days of the disease in 37.5% of cases. The appearance of alpha2H-globulin in the blood plasma of patients with myocardial infarction is evidently associated with hypoxia and cell regeneration.