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- Title
Troponin T elevation in lobar lung disease.
- Authors
Weinberg, I.; Cukierman, T.; Chajek-Shaul, T.
- Abstract
Two patients with a rise in cardiac troponin T (cTnT) concentrations during the course of lobar pneumonia, without any evidence of acute coronary syndrome or renal failure, are presented. The increase in cTnT concentration is considered a highly sensitive marker of cardiac injury, although it may also rise in other conditions and as a result of lobar pneumonia. Thus, this effect should be considered when the possibility of acute coronary syndrome in such patients is addressed.
- Subjects
LUNG diseases; PNEUMONIA; HEART injuries; ACUTE kidney failure; KIDNEY diseases; CARDIOLOGY
- Publication
Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2002, Vol 78, Issue 918, p244
- ISSN
0032-5473
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1136/pmj.78.918.244