Abstract
In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), estimation of infarct size from the early markers, fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) and myoglobin (MYO), usually assumes average (fixed) rate constants (FCR) for protein clearance from plasma. However, individual variation in FCR is large. Renal dysfunction causes slower clearance of FABP and MYO from plasma and, hence, overestimation of infarct size in 20-25% of patients. We investigated whether or not more accurate values of infarct size could be obtained with individually estimated clearance rates. Concentrations of FABP and MYO and, for comparison, activities of the established cardiac markers, creatine kinase (CK) and alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (HBDH), were assayed in serial plasma samples from 138 patients with AMI. Individual FCR values of FABP and MYO were estimated from plasma creatinine concentrations, sex and age. Individual FCR values varied from 0.4 to 2.4 h-1. Use of these individual FCR values significantly improved the correlation between infarct size, as estimated from FABP or MYO on the one hand, and from CK and HBDH on the other. Approximately equal estimates of infarct size were obtained for all four marker proteins. Using individually estimated clearance rates, renal insufficiency no longer hampers calculation of infarct size from FABP and MYO, and reliable estimates of total myocardial damage can be obtained within 24 h after first symptoms.
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