title: Myocardial injury after electrical therapy for cardiac arrhythmias assessed by troponin-T release.
abstract: Episodes of ventricular fibrillation with subsequent intracardiac, and to a lesser extent, external defibrillation give rise to a statistically significant increase in S-troponin T, S-CK-MB(mass) and S-myoglobin indicative of a minor myocardial injury or dysfunction. In contrast, no such signs were observed after external direct-current conversion of atrial fibrillation using high energies, or after pace-terminated ventricular tachycardia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Karolinska Institute at the Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Runsiö
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kallner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Källner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenqvist
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bergfeldt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019540:Area Under Curve; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000097:blood; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood*; D020107:Troponin T
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009211:Myoglobin; D014336:Troponin; D020107:Troponin T; D003402:Creatine Kinase