In patients with acute myocardial infarction, plasma VIP showed no further increase two or more hours after onset.
In plain wordsIn people with a heart attack, the body's own VIP level in blood did not rise further two or more hours after onset.
- Outcome
- No significant changePlasma VIP two or more hours after onset
- Study
n = 26
- Outcome group
- Endogenous peptide levels · Cardiovascular
Source sentences
Two or more hours after the onset of acute myocardial infarction there was no subsequent increase in peripheral plasma vasoactive intestinal peptide levels (n = 26).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The plasma levels of vasoactive intestinal peptide in peripheral vein were measured in human acute myocardial infarction.
This result measures the body's own Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP, aviptadil). Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.