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Serum cardiac troponin-I in active rheumatic carditis
1Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. pedkar@selcuk.edu.tr
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
|January 5, 2002
Abstract
Objective:
The study was performed to investigate the level of serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI), a specific marker for myocardial cell damage, in the acute rheumatic carditis (RC).
Methods:
Twenty seven consecutive patients with acute RC and 23 healthy children were enrolled.
Result:
cTnI level in both groups showed no statistical difference (p > 0.05).
Conclusion:
Serum cTnI level did not gain clinical use.