AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.30, sa.9, ss.1804-1809, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have a central role in disease progression after ischemia-reperfusion injury. However, its prognostic significance in cardiac arrest (CA) patients having cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between admission MMP-9 level and early mortality in CA patients.