Cardiac troponin T - A sensitive and specific new marker of myocardial damage in acute transmural infarction

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dc.contributor.authorVan Der Merwe P.-L.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:15:57Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:15:57Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractTroponin T measurement is a relatively new diagnostic test to evaluate myocardial damage. The test was performed on sera from 52 patients, 42 with proven myocardial infarction (WHO criteria) and 10 control patients without myocardial infarction. The serum troponin T levels did not correlate with the serum creatine kinase levels. A raised serum troponin T level had a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 100% in predicting myocardial damage in patients with myocardial infarction. It was also raised for a longer period than serum creatine kinase levels, making it a sensitive and specific diagnostic test in the patient who presents 72 hours after a myocardial infarction.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationCardiovascular Journal of South Africa
dc.identifier.citationSUPPL. 1
dc.identifier.issn10159657
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13566
dc.subjectbiochemical marker
dc.subjectcreatine kinase
dc.subjectcreatine kinase mb
dc.subjectheart enzyme
dc.subjectlactate dehydrogenase
dc.subjecttroponin t
dc.subjectacute heart infarction
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcell damage
dc.subjectdiagnostic test
dc.subjectdrug blood level
dc.subjectelectrocardiography
dc.subjectenzyme analysis
dc.subjectheart infarction size
dc.subjectheart muscle injury
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjecthuman cell
dc.subjectprediction
dc.titleCardiac troponin T - A sensitive and specific new marker of myocardial damage in acute transmural infarction
dc.typeArticle
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