The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Background: Ischemic heart disease accounts 12.2% deaths worldwide. Serum magnesium (Mg+) status is often ignored in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). Studies showed alterations in the levels of serum electrolytes including magnesium in AMI. Aim: To evaluate serum Mg+ and other electrolytes as...

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Main Authors: Ramesh Ramasamy, Sathish Babu Murugaiyan, Niranjan Gopal, Rachel Shalini
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Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2013-05-01
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author Ramesh Ramasamy
Sathish Babu Murugaiyan
Niranjan Gopal
Rachel Shalini
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Niranjan Gopal
Rachel Shalini
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description Background: Ischemic heart disease accounts 12.2% deaths worldwide. Serum magnesium (Mg+) status is often ignored in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). Studies showed alterations in the levels of serum electrolytes including magnesium in AMI. Aim: To evaluate serum Mg+ and other electrolytes as adjuvant markers in the diagnosis of AMI. Design and Settings: Case control study was conducted in South Indian male population with AMI within six hours of onset of symptoms. Patients and Methods: Study includes sixty patients with AMI and 100 controls. Serum electrolytes were estimated using electrolyte analyzer. Data were compared by using student‘t’ test. ROC was drawn to find out optimum cutoff for diagnosing AMI. Pearson’s correlation was done to see the association among the markers. Results: Serum Ca, Mg, K and Na electrolytes were significantly lower (‘p’<0.001) in AMI. Ca:Mg, K:Mg, and Na:K ratios were significantly higher when compared to controls (‘p’<0.001). There was significant correlation of serum Mg levels with other cardiac markers (Total CK, CK–Mb, Troponin –T) of AMI (‘p’ <0.05).ROC analysis of Na:Mg (40.9), Ca:Mg (3.43) and K:Mg (2.74) ratios showed optimum cutoffs in diagnosis of AMI. Conclusion: Serum Mg, Ca:mg, K:mg and Na:K ratios could be useful adjuvant markers in diagnosis of AMI.
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spelling doaj.art-abd32ac4f75c49229a3e4c47580b6b722022-12-22T00:37:22ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2013-05-017581782010.7860/JCDR/2013/5524.2947The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial InfarctionRamesh Ramasamy0Sathish Babu Murugaiyan1Niranjan Gopal2Rachel Shalini3Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry, Mahathma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Pillayarkuppam Puducherry - 605 402, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Mahathma Gandhi Medical College And Research Institute, Pillayarkuppam, Puducherry - 605 402, India. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Mahathma Gandhi Medical College And Research Institute, Pillayarkuppam, Puducherry - 605 402, India. First year MD Student, Department of Biochemistry, Mahathma Gandhi Medical College And Research Institute, Pillayarkuppam, Puducherry - 605 402, India. Background: Ischemic heart disease accounts 12.2% deaths worldwide. Serum magnesium (Mg+) status is often ignored in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). Studies showed alterations in the levels of serum electrolytes including magnesium in AMI. Aim: To evaluate serum Mg+ and other electrolytes as adjuvant markers in the diagnosis of AMI. Design and Settings: Case control study was conducted in South Indian male population with AMI within six hours of onset of symptoms. Patients and Methods: Study includes sixty patients with AMI and 100 controls. Serum electrolytes were estimated using electrolyte analyzer. Data were compared by using student‘t’ test. ROC was drawn to find out optimum cutoff for diagnosing AMI. Pearson’s correlation was done to see the association among the markers. Results: Serum Ca, Mg, K and Na electrolytes were significantly lower (‘p’<0.001) in AMI. Ca:Mg, K:Mg, and Na:K ratios were significantly higher when compared to controls (‘p’<0.001). There was significant correlation of serum Mg levels with other cardiac markers (Total CK, CK–Mb, Troponin –T) of AMI (‘p’ <0.05).ROC analysis of Na:Mg (40.9), Ca:Mg (3.43) and K:Mg (2.74) ratios showed optimum cutoffs in diagnosis of AMI. Conclusion: Serum Mg, Ca:mg, K:mg and Na:K ratios could be useful adjuvant markers in diagnosis of AMI.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/2947/8-%205524_E(C)_PF1(M)_F(P)_PF1(PP)_PFA(P)_OLF_PF1(PP)_PF2(PP).pdfacute myocardial infarctionmagnesiumelectrolytesdiagnostic markeroptimum cut off
spellingShingle Ramesh Ramasamy
Sathish Babu Murugaiyan
Niranjan Gopal
Rachel Shalini
The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
acute myocardial infarction
magnesium
electrolytes
diagnostic marker
optimum cut off
title The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_full The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_fullStr The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_full_unstemmed The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_short The Prospect of Serum Magnesium and an Electrolyte Panel as an Adjuvant Cardiac Biomarker in the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_sort prospect of serum magnesium and an electrolyte panel as an adjuvant cardiac biomarker in the management of acute myocardial infarction
topic acute myocardial infarction
magnesium
electrolytes
diagnostic marker
optimum cut off
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