Serum ghrelin level and TNF-α/ghrelin ratio in patients with previous myocardial infarction.

Background And Aims: Studies investigating serum ghrelin level in atherosclerosis yielded contradictory results. Interaction of ghrelin with adipocytokines is obscure in cardiovascular diseases. We undertook this study to determine which molecules influence ghrelin level and to see whether post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients have decreased ghrelin levels.