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The present study was undertaken to explore the relationship of plasma homocysteine with other biochemical parameters in ischemic heart disease. Plasma levels of total homocysteine was measured by HPLC—fluorescence detection with internal standard in 60 ischemic heart disease patients and were compared with 30 age matched normal healthy controls. The significant increase of plasma homocysteine was observed in both myocardial infarction and chronic stable ischemic heart disease patients when compared with the controls. The hyperhomocysteinemia appears be to due to increased body demand of vitamins such as folic acid, vitamin B12, B6, B2 either alone or in combination to regulate normal homocysteine metabolism.
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Yadav, A.S., Bhagwat, V.R. & Rathod, I.M. Relationship of plasma homocysteine with lipid profile parameters in ischemic heart disease. Indian J Clin Biochem 21, 106–110 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913076
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