Total and high molecular weight adiponectin in patients with coronary artery disease.

Background: Serum adiponectin inversely correlates with the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Objectives: To investigate the clinical significance of measuring high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin in addition to total adiponectin from different samples (peripheral veins and ostia of coronary arteries) in patients with CAD.

Methods: We studied 134 patients; 57 with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), 44 with stable angina and 33 healthy patients.

Drug-eluting stent implantation for acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy with use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, aspirin and clopidogrel.

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during pregnancy, though rare, is nevertheless associated with a high mortality rate ranging from 37-50%. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting is considered to be one of the more challenging therapeutic strategies in the management of AMI during pregnancy. We report a case of a 44-year-old pregnant woman who presented with an AMI.