title: Cardiac troponin I and minor cardiac damage: biochemical markers in a clinical model of myocardial lesions.
abstract: Radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation is the curative treatment of choice for many cardiac arrhythmias. After RF ablation there is always a small localized endomyocardial necrosis, necessary to abolish the arrhythmia. We designed this study to determine the serum concentrations of several cardiac markers in patients who underwent RF catheter ablation. The study shows a higher frequency of increase of serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) than of creatine kinase (CK), the CK MB isoenzyme (CK-MB), or myoglobin. A pathological value of cTnI was found in 47 of 51 patients (92%) in the ablation group. The area under the ROC curve for cTnI was 0.9375, significantly higher than for the other biochemical markers (0.86, 0.76, and 0.75 for CK-MB, myoglobin, and CK, respectively), with P <0.05. We conclude that the serum concentration of cTnI is the best biochemical marker for detecting the minor myocardial damage produced by RF ablation.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Biochemistry Department, Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Alcalá University, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: del Rey
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Madrid
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Valiño
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rubí
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mercader
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ripoll
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000097:blood; D009336:Necrosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009211:Myoglobin; D019210:Troponin I; D003402:Creatine Kinase