title: [Myocardial necrosis is not observed during acute cocaine abuse detectable by the serum levels of troponin T].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recently we can use a new family of serological markers to objective myocardial damage with hig sensibility and specificity. One of these markers is T troponin (c-TNT). Some cocaine abusers have chest pain during drug consumption due to myocardial ischemia produced by the drug.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study if in the chest pain appeared after cocaine consumption a c-TNT increased is objective, showing myocardial cellular damage.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 65 patients; 35 cocaine abusers that were admitted into the emergency room for chest pain after cocaine consumption and 30 patients with no coronary chest pain. To all of them were determined c-TNT and CK.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An increase in c-TNT or CK was not observed in both groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We don't observe an increase in c-TNT in the group of cocaine abusers that evidence myocardial cellular damage.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Mutua de Terrassa, Barcelona.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Epelde
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Río
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Argilaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomás
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis; D013997:Time Factors; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020107:Troponin T; D003402:Creatine Kinase