title: Evaluation of serum cardiac troponin I values in children less than 1 year of age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective is to verify the cardiac troponin I values in children less than 1 year of age without clinical cardiac dysfunction.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cardiac troponin I values were determined in 99 children less than 1 year of age, including term infants without diseases related to cardiac dysfunction using the specific kit Opus T Troponin I (cTn) (Dade Behring Inc. -Newalk, DE 19714, USA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  All children have values of cardiac troponin I less than 0.1 ng/ml.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We verified that the cardiac troponin I value is less than 0.1 ng/ml in children less than 1 year, including term infants without cardiac dysfunction, when analized by the kit Opus T Troponin I (cTn) test modules.
authors.affiliation: UTI Pediátrica, Hospital Padre Albino. acasouto@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos Arruda
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Souto
authors.forename: Werther Brunow de
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012016:Reference Values; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D019210:Troponin I