CLINICAL PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1 IMYOCARDIAL REMODELING DEVELOPMENT IN PATIENTS HAVING Q-WAVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Abstract

In this paper we thought to investigate clinical value of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) in predicting left ventricular (LV) myocardial remodeling in patients having Q-wave myocardial infarction (Q-wave MI). We demonstrated that TIMP-1 serum level clearly corresponds to degree of postinfarction LV myocardial remodeling. In patients who had serum concentrations of TIMP-1 over the established cut-off value (144.0 ng/ml), the risk of post-infarction LV remodeling was 3.33 times higher than in individuals who had TIMP-1 levels lower this value. Thus, TIMP-1 is a reliable prediction biomarker of adverse left ventricular myocardial remodeling in Q-wave MI.

Keywords

• myocardial infarction
• myocardial remodeling
• timp-1
• prediction.