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Serum Zinc Level in Patients with Heart Failure | ||
| Al-Kindy College Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-17 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Zaidan Khalaf Al-Hergani; Wathiq Kamal Al-Ani; Dhamia Thamir Al-Ani | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Zinc is involved in a variety ofmetabolic processes and it has a well knownantioxidant activity, so the measurement of its serumlevel can have a special value in several diseases.Objectives: The study is designed to determine theserum zinc level in heart failure patients and tocompare it with that of healthy individuals and tostudy the significance of the results obtained.Methods: Atomic absorption spectrometertechnique was used to determine serum zinc level infifty heart failure patients and fifty healthy individualswho were age and sex matched.Results: The mean serum zinc level in healthyindividuals was about 45.5% greater than that of heartfailure patients. This difference was statisticallysignificant.Conclusion: The reduced serum zinc level in heartfailure patients could be an acceptable risk factor forthe development and/or deterioration of heart failureand therefore its correction might have a positiveeffect on management and prognosis of such patients.Key words: Zinc, antioxidants, heart failure. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| serum zinc level; nutrional statusren and chilidren and persistent diarrhea | ||
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