Free-radical generation during angioplasty reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction.

Grech, E D; Dodd, N J; Bellamy, C M; Perry, R A; Morrison, W L; Ramsdale, D R · Lancet · 1993

case_report · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

We describe direct and quantitative evidence of free-radical production in the early stage after recanalisation in a patient undergoing primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. After successful initial dilation, the procedure was complicated by re-occlusion of the artery at the same site, with subsequent fall in free-radical generation. After repeat angioplasty, recanalisation was again accompanied by increased free-radical production.

Medical subject headings