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Plasma concentration of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and oncoming cardiovascular risk in patients with unstable angina pectoris and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Tekin G, Tekin A, Sipahi I, Kaya A, Sansoy V

Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University, Adana, Turkey. goknurtek@yahoo.com

In patients who had unstable angina pectoris and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, initial blood levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 were found not to be higher than those in asymptomatic patients who had coronary artery disease. Although troponin T and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were found to have prognostic value, blood levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 were not predictive of an increased risk of major cardiac events during 6-month follow-up.

Published 1 August 2005 in Am J Cardiol, 96(3): 379-81.
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