DETECTABLE SERUM TROPONIN-I IN PATIENTS WITH HEART-FAILURE OF NONMYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIC ORIGIN

Authors
LAVECCHIA L MEZZENA G OMETTO R FINOCCHI G BEDOGNI F SOFFIATI G VINCENZI M
Citation
L. Lavecchia et al., DETECTABLE SERUM TROPONIN-I IN PATIENTS WITH HEART-FAILURE OF NONMYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIC ORIGIN, The American journal of cardiology, 80(1), 1997, pp. 88
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:1<88:DSTIPW>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Cardiac troponin I, a specific and sensitive marker of myocardial dama ge, was detected in the blood of 6 of 26 patients studied in our Heart Failure Clinic. In these patients functional class, ventricular funct ion, and prognosis were significantly worse than in those without dete ctable troponin I. This study suggests that troponin I may represent t he biochemical marker of myocardial damage occurring in severe-heart f ailure.