Serum cardiac troponin-I in active rheumatic carditis.
OBJECTIVE
The study was performed to investigate the level of serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI), a specific marker for myocardial cell damage, in the acute rheumatic carditis (RC).


METHODS
Twenty seven consecutive patients with acute RC and 23 healthy children were enrolled.


RESULTS
cTnI level in both groups showed no statistical difference (p > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Serum cTnI level did not gain clinical use.
Oran
B
B
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. pedkar@selcuk.edu.tr
Coban
H
H
Karaaslan
S
S
Atabek
E
E
Gürbilek
M
M
Erkul
I
I
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000097:blood*; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
D015415:Biomarkers; D009211:Myoglobin; D019210:Troponin I; D003402:Creatine Kinase