title: Cardiac troponin-T and CK-MB (mass) levels in cardiac and non cardiac disease.
abstract: Serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and CKMB (mass) were analysed in three groups of patients. The first group (n=32) were patients with acute coronary syndromes including myocardial infarction. The second group (n=35)were patients with hypertension. The third group (n=24) were patients who had succumbed to non cardiac diseases. In all 3 groups, cardiac troponin T was elevated when compared with controls (p<0.001). However, CKMB elevation was not significant in all groups. CKMB levels correlated well with troponin T levels only when CKMB was greater than 50 ng/ml (r=1.00). Small elevations of troponin T identifies minimal cardiac necrosis and patients can benefit from early invasive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, 508 254 Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh.
authors.forename: G Chinnapu
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kusumanjali
authors.forename: A H R
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sharada
authors.forename: Pragna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rao
keywords: CK-MB (mass); Troponin-T; acute coronary syndromes; hypertension