The master’s thesis at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Karbala discussed ischemic heart disease, which is the first cause of the top ten causes of death in Iraq, at a rate of 11.2%, and the fourth cause among the top ten causes of hospitalized patients in Iraq, at a rate of 5.35% in 2020. It is a state of recurrent chest pain or discomfort It occurs when part of the heart does not receive enough blood. Ischemic heart disease develops when cholesterol particles start to build up in the walls of the arteries that supply blood to the heart, narrowing the arteries and eventually blocking blood flow.
The thesis titled (Studying the relationship between ST2 and Galectin-3 as biochemical markers of heart fibrosis in patients with ischemic heart) by the student (Mahmoud Hassan Ali Al-Luaibi) included five chapters and he received the degree of excellence.
The aim of this study is the association between galectin-3 and sST2 in cardiovascular diseases including myocardial infarction and heart failure, and to investigate the role of galectin-3 and sST2 in the development of ischemic heart disease by examining their potential as predictors of CAD. and to investigate the distribution of blood groups in IHD in our local population.
The present study concluded that there was a significant increase in the serum levels of Galectin-3 and sST2 significantly in patients with myocardial infarction.
