Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40981150›Full record

ArticleMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Myocardial Infarction: Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Correlations.

Hussein M Ismail, Sameh A Ahmed, Ahmed M Alsaedi, Waleed H Almaramhy, Man K Alraddadi, Muhannad S Albadrani, Ibraheam M Alhejaily, Faisal A Mohammad, Anas M Ghaith, Ali A Youssef

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Hussein M IsmailDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Sameh A AhmedDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9624-6846
Ahmed M AlsaediDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Waleed H AlmaramhyDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Man K AlraddadiDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Muhannad S AlbadraniDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Ibraheam M AlhejailyDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Faisal A MohammadDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Anas M GhaithDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Ali A YoussefDepartment of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt.

Funding

Taibah University 446-13-990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesMyocardial infarction (MI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, driven largely by underlying coronary artery disease (CAD). Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) play pivotal mechanistic roles in endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerotic plaque progression, and subsequent cardiac injury. Excessive production of these reactive species disrupts cellular redox balance, promotes mitochondrial dysfunction, and accelerates vascular inflammation, ultimately contributing to plaque rupture and MI. This study aimed to investigate the mechanistic associations and clinical correlations of individual ROS and RNS markers in patients with MI.

methodsWe conducted a case-control study including 86 patients with MI and 60 age- and sex-matched controls without cardiovascular disease, recruited from the Medina Cardiac Center in Saudi Arabia. The MI cohort was subdivided into ST-elevation MI (STEMI,

resultsMost ROS and RNS markers were significantly elevated in MI patients compared to controls (

conclusionsThis study underscores a mechanistic link between elevated ROS/RNS levels and myocardial infarction, supporting the importance of targeting oxidative and nitrosative pathways as potential therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Myocardial InfarctionReactive Nitrogen SpeciesReactive Oxygen SpeciesAgedBiomarkersCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxidative StressBiomarkersReactive Nitrogen SpeciesReactive Oxygen Speciescoronary artery diseasemyocardial infarctionoxidative stressreactive nitrogen speciesreactive oxygen species

Identifiers

PMID40981150
PMCPMC12452750

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.