Albumin, the most abundant circulating protein in blood, is an essential protein which binds
and transports various drugs and substances, maintains the oncotic pressure of blood and …

Oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the development of human diseases. Reactive
oxygen species (ROS) that includes hydrogen peroxide, hyphochlorus acid, superoxide …

Since the introduction of human serum albumin as a plasma expander in the 1940s,
considerable research has allowed a better understanding of its biochemical properties and …

Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, with
hypertension being a major risk factor. Numerous studies support the contribution of reactive …

Background: Diagnosis of cardiac ischaemia in patients attending emergency departments
(ED) with symptoms of acute coronary syndromes is often difficult. Cardiac troponin (cTn) is …

Background: Evaluation of patients who present to the hospital with a complaint of chest
pain or other signs or symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is time …

Ischemia modified albumin (IMA), as measured using the albumin cobalt binding test, is
currently the most promising biomarker for early detection of ischemia before the onset of …

During the past three decades, percutaneous coronary intervention has become one of the
cardinal treatment strategies for stenotic coronary artery disease. Technical advances …

Laparotomy remains the gold standard for diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI), but
is often unhelpful or too late due to non-specific clinical and radiological signs. This …

MATERIALS AND METHODS All reagents were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (Poole, Dorset,
UK) and normal human serum from the North London Transfusion Service (London, UK) …