title: Serum cardiac troponin-I in active rheumatic carditis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. pedkar@selcuk.edu.tr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oran
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Coban
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karaaslan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Atabek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gürbilek
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erkul
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D009211:Myoglobin; D019210:Troponin I; D003402:Creatine Kinase