title: [A very high level in a cardiac troponin I assay].
abstract: Cardiac troponin I (TnIc) is a very sensitive and also a specific marker of myocardial injuries. We report here, the clinical case of a patient with a particularly important and brutal increase of the troponin during a myocardial infarction. A 64-year-old man was admitted to hospital. He had a myocardial infarction associated to a cardiac necrosis and important cytolysis. The troponin assay was normal when the patient was hospitalized. The angioplasty coronary reperfusion brought about a massive troponin Ic release in systemic circulation: the assay made 10 hours after the appearance of the symptoms shows us an exceptional TnIc concentration that is greater than 4000 microg/L (baseline: 1,5 microg/L). This might be the highest value ever reported.
authors.affiliation: Département de biologie integrée. CCorne@chu-grenoble.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vergnaud
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Renversez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lebrun
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019210:Troponin I