title: [Release of troponin T following PTCA in patients with unstable and stable angina pectoris].
abstract: It is still uncertain to what extent PTCA contributes to a rise of the myocardial ischemic marker troponin T. The purpose of this study was to determine the release of troponin T in patients with unstable and stable angina pectoris pre- and post-PTCA. Serial troponin T measurements were performed in 66 patients with unstable angina (group A) and 55 patients with stable angina pectoris (group B) pre-PTCA and 4, 8 and 24 hours post-PTCA. In group A, 39 (59%) patients with unstable angina pectoris showed pathologic troponin T concentrations (troponin T > or = 0.1 ng/ml); in 27 (41%) patients already pre-PTCA the troponin T was elevated beyond the normal values. Medians of troponin T rose from initially 0.045 ng/ml pre-PTCA to a maximum of 0.21 ng/ml 8 hours post PTCA. In group B medians of troponin T were at all times within normal limits; there was no rise in the observation interval. Using the Chi-square test there were statistically significant differences between group A and B regarding the troponin T values pre- and post-PTCA. In group A medians of total creatine kinase ranging between 24 U/L and 30 U/L were to all times within normal limits. Also in group B medians of total creatine kinase were always within normal limits. Statistically significant differences between the two groups could not be shown. Our study could show a difference in the periinterventional course of the ischemic marker troponin T in patients with unstable and stable angina pectoris. The data indicate a PTCA induced reversible ischemia of the cardiac muscle cell with additional release of the cytoplasmatic bound part of troponin T in patients with unstable angina pectoris. Troponin T also appears to be a more sensitive marker of very short myocardial ischemia than creatine kinase.
authors.affiliation: II. Medizinische Klinik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ries
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dudsjak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hafner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D015415:Biomarkers; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020107:Troponin T; D003402:Creatine Kinase