Cardiac troponins in renal insufficiency

Cardiac troponins in renal insufficiency: review and clinical implications.

Patients with renal insufficiency may have increased serum troponins even in the absence of clinically suspected acute myocardial ischemia. While cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in patients with renal failure, we are just beginning to understand the clinical meaning of serum troponin elevations. Serum troponin T is increased more frequently than troponin I in patients w...

Cardiac troponins.

Cardiac troponins

Objective: To review the use of cardiac troponins as biomarkers for myocardial injury in human and veterinary medicine. Data sources: Data sources included scientific reviews and original research publications. Human data synthesis: Cardiac troponins have been extensively studied in human medicine. Finding an elevated cardiac troponin level carries important diagnostic and prognostic informatio...

Cardiac troponins in intensive care

The cardiac troponins are integral components of the myofibrillary apparatus and they regulate muscle contraction. The measurement of cardiac troponins has replaced other biomarkers for the specific detection of myocardial necrosis and for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. The tissue specificity plus sensitivity of the measurement technology has meant that cardiac damage can be detected i...

Are cardiac troponins reliable serodiagnositic markers of cardiac ischaemia in end-stage renal disease?

RRT irrespective of the primary renal diagnosis and of the apparent duration of the diabetic disease. Conclusions Available data suggest that a proportion of RRT patients develop diabetes after renal treatment is started. The pathogenesis of the disease is multifactor-ial. In any case diabetes has a strong impact on survival. I hope that this editorial comment may motivate other nephrologists t...