Un nuevo biomarcador de estrés oxidativo está asociado con el riesgo de muerte en pacientes con enfermedad arterial

Riyaz S Patel1, Nima Ghasemzadeh1, Danny J Eapen1

  • 1From Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (R.S.P., N.G., D.J.E., S.S., S.A., H.S., A.M.Z., L.S., V.V., D.P.J., A.A.Q.); Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, United Kingdom (R.S.P.); Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA (Y.K.); Department of Medicine, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL (E.V.); Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA (E.V., V.V.); and Department of Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA (A.M.Z.).

Circulation
|December 18, 2015
PubMed
Resumen

Los marcadores de estrés oxidativo, la cistina y el glutatión, predicen la mortalidad en pacientes con enfermedad arterial coronaria. Estos niveles de aminotiol ofrecen información más allá de la eliminación tradicional de radicales libres, destacando las vías de los radicales no libres en la progresión de la enfermedad.

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