Association of serum prolidase activity in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia
ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.19, no.2, pp.110-116, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 19 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2017.8160
- Journal Name: ANATOLIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.110-116
- Keywords: coronary artery ectasia, collagen turnover, serum prolidase activity, INDUCED MYOCARDIAL-ISCHEMIA, MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES, EXTRACELLULAR-MATRIX, DISEASE, CARDIOMYOPATHY, ANEURYSMS
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Inonu University Affiliated: No
Abstract
Objective: Coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is defined as an angiographic enlargement of a portion of the coronary artery between 1.5 and 2 times the diameter of the adjacent normal coronary artery. It has been demonstrated that increased serum prolidase activity (SPA) is associated with increased collagen turnover. We aimed to analyze the relationship between CAE and serum SPA levels.