The Diagnostic Value of Both Troponin T and Creatinine Kinase Isoenzyme (CK-MB) in Detecting Combined Renal and Myocardial Injuries in Asphyxiated Infants

The Diagnostic Value of Both Troponin T and Creatinine Kinase Isoenzyme (CK-MB) in Detecting Combined Renal and Myocardial Injuries in Asphyxiated Infants

BACKGROUND Troponin T (cTnT) and Creatinine Kinase Isoenzyme (CK-MB) are both markers of myocardial injuries. However, CK-MB is also elevated in acute kidney injury. OBJECTIVE The diagnostic value of both cTnT and cardiac CK-MB in combined myocardial and acute kidney injuries (AKI) in asphyxiated neonates was evaluated. METHOD 40 asphyxiated infants and 40 non-asphyxiated controls were cons...

Comparison between cardiac troponin T and creatinine kinase MB mass in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

To the Editor: Recently, Paul Collinson and colleagues reported some results and perspectives about the diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI). Here, we want to show some results in a public hospital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) is considered the ‘gold standard’ in the diagnosis of MI since 2000, because of its high specificity for the heart muscle; howe...

Diagnostic Efficacy of Cardiac Isoenzyme Ck-mb in Pericardial Fluid for Postmortem Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction

Sudden cardiac death due to acute myocardial infarction is the most prevalent cause of death in adults and constitutes a significant portion of the autopsies that are conducted by Forensic pathologists in our country. Serum cardiac isoenzymes creatine phosphokinase-MB (CK-MB) has high sensitivity and specificity for cardiac damage and it is routinely used for clinical diagnosis of myocardial in...

Limited diagnostic value of CK-MB.

Early and Long Term Predictive Value of Cardiac Marker Troponin T and Ck-mb in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Background: Cardiac markers in serum are measured in the early hours after the onset of symptoms not to detect Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) but to exclude MI. To rule out AMI, one frequently must rely on the measurement of cardiac enzymes or biochemical markers when patients suspected of AMI present with atypical chest pain or a non-diagnostic ECG. We studied the levels of troponin T, and ...