cTnT  ng/ml MMP-9  ng/ml   Antithrombin III  mg/dl NGAL ng/ml IL-8 pg/ml Controls 0.01 29.25 109.50 67.00 13.82 AMI 3.20 32.35 96.00 157.00 27.30 Significance Kruskal-Wallis P< 0.002 P<0.034 P< 0.004 P< 0.004 P< 0.027

Table 1: Plasma markers detected in healthy subjects (controls) and acute myocardial infarction patients (AMI). Each value represents the median value of eight subjects. The significance P values calculated with Kruskal-Wallis test are reported.