Rehab Ibraheem Yaseen Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Adiponectin, Heart failure, Cardiac surgery
Rehab Ibrahim Yaseen Department of Cardiology, Menofia University, Abdel rahman Elsharkawy Street, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt
Rehab Ibrahim Yaseen
Department of Cardiology, Menofia University, Abdel rahman Elsharkawy Street, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt,Ischemic heart disease is the most common cause of death all over the world; its rate is expected to be accelerated in the next decade.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Rehab Ibraheem Yaseen*, Walaa Farid and Alshaimaa Ali
Background: Ischemic heart disease is the most common cause of death all over the world; its rate is expected to be accelerated in the next decade. Adiponectin is a protein hormone that modulates a number of metabolic processes, including glucose regulation and acid oxidation.
Objective: To correlate serum levels of adiponectin and CAD severity assessed by Gensini score.
Subjects and methods: Ninety subjects were recruited from catheterization unit (36 subjects with normal coronary arteries and 54 patients with CAD) and they were subdivided into four groups according to the number of affected vessel. Their modified Gensini score was calculated according to the severity of coronary lesions. Blood samples were withdraw... view moreĀ»