title: Monitoring of impending myocardial damage after pleuropneumonectomy and intraoperative photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma using biochemical markers.
abstract: In five patients who were treated for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) with pleuropneumonectomy and intraoperative photodynamic therapy (IPDT), impending myocardial damage was monitored using ECG, the classical biochemical markers (creatine kinase [CK], total activity; CKMB, mass; and myoglobin), and the new cardiac markers troponin I (cTnI) and troponin T (cTnT). In the peroperative and postoperative period all classical markers were elevated, in contrast to cTnI and cTnT, because of the concomitant skeletal muscle damage. Sequential electrocardiogram monitoring showed no signs of myocardial damage. From this study in patients with MPM treated with pleuropneumonectomy and IPDT it can be concluded that measurement of cTnI and cTnT for the detection of myocardial damage is more suitable than measurement of the classical markers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jmklaase@nki.nl
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Klaase
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Swaanenburg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schouwink
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sosef
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bonfrer
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Zoetmulder
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Rutgers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baas
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019210:Troponin I; D020107:Troponin T