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The use of selenium-containing specialized food products in prophylactic and therapeutic diets is based on hypothesis that selenium as antioxidant can potentially decrease the risk of oxidative stress induced diseases. There is a hypothesis, which is strongly supported during last 10-15 years that the reactive oxygen species are generated during ischemic myocardium reperfusion and cardiomyocyte damage. In addition selenium as an important component of glutationperoxidaze, it promotes protection against ischemic damage, improvement of functional regeneration and reduction of morphological changes in cardiomyocytes. We established a low serum selenium level in patients with acute and subacute stage of Q-wave myocardial infarction (75.5±1.8 mcg/L). New dietary product - jam made of seaweed with dried apricot enriched with selenium - was included in patient diet. We observed 72 persons (40-75 years old) who were randomized in a control group (30 patients) on standard treatment and a main group (42 patients) that received the dietary product (80 mcg Se) in addition to the standard treatment. Critical serum selenium level was found initially in 16 main group patients (38%), in 2 patients (7%) 2 weeks later and in none of patients in a month of dietary jam treatment. Selen concentration in blood serum increased from basal value 78.3±3.1 mcg/L after 2 weeks of treatment by 16% and after one month of treatment by 20% (p <0.05). In the control group the serum selenium level remained on critical and selenium-deficient levels during a month on standard treatment without dietary compensation. No adverse events were revealed in patients of main group, the investigated product was well tolerated.
RESUMO
The level of blood plasma selenium was analyzed by microfluorimetric method in in-patients and out-patients with acute coronary syndrome with ST-elevation resulting in acute Q-wave myocardial infarction. 72 patients, 40-75 years old, with acute Q-wave myocardial infarction were followed during a month. The initial decreased concentration of blood plasma selenium was recorded in most patients in the acute period of the myocardial infarction: deficiency of the microelement (< 90 mcg/l) was found in 30 subjects, the critical ranges (< 70 mcg/l) were stated in 33 patients. Just 2 patients had optimal concentration and 7 patients had a suboptimal one (90-114 mcg/l). Blood plasma level of the microelement increased in 2 weeks after myocardial infarction (in subacute stage) but it was still within deficient or critical levels. No difference was detected in selen concentration depending on gender, age, location on myocardial infarction, accompanying diseases, presence of some risk factors (smoking, alcohol abuse, hereditary predisposition to coronary artery disease). At the same time we revealed a significant Spearman rank correlation in patients with Q-wave myocardial infarction between basal level of blood serum selenium on the one hand, and electrocardiography indices (reflecting the rate of myocardial lesion and necrosis), echocardiography. data (which characterize myocardium reparation processes and remodeling), CPK (a prognostic marker of the myocardial necrosis), HDL-cholesterol (lipid profile index), blood potassium level and BMI on the other.