To evaluate the serum magnesium level in hypertensive and diabetic cases of acute myocardial infarction

Aim: to evaluate the serum magnesium level in hypertensive and diabetic cases of acute myocardial infarction. the study was conducted in may 2001 in pic lahore. patients were selected randomly and diagnosed as the case of ami according to who criteria i.e. typical chest pain,t wave inversion or st segment elevation,increased ckmb. the patients having hypotension or renal failure are excluded from the study. results: in hypertensive patients,serum mg++ level was decreased as compared to normotensive patients with significant difference. in diabetic patients,serum mg++ level was decreased when comparing with non diabetics and difference was significant statistically (p<0.05).