Cardiac troponin I: the gold standard in acute myocardial infarction diagnosis.

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are leading cause of morbidity in the world. Measurement of the level of biochemical markers in the serum is one of World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria in diagnosing acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Non-specific clinical state of patients and insufficiently sensitive electrocardiographic (ECG) diagnostics, at patient's hospital admission time, point out the importance of biochemical markers in acute myocardial infarction diagnosis. Technology development and new diagnostic methods lead to the invention of highly sensitive and specific marker as myocardial damage evidence. Cardiac Troponin I (cTnI) is specific marker for myocardial damage1. Its elevation in the serum within myocardial ischemia symptomatology is important in diagnosis of myocardial infarction.

• Authors: Sabaheta Hasić, Emina Kiseljaković, Radivoj Jadrić, Jovan Radovanović, Mira Winterhalter-Jadrić
• Journal: Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences (Bosn J Basic Med Sci) Vol. 3 Issue 3 Pg. 41-4 (Jul 2003) ISSN: 1512-8601 [Print] Bosnia and Herzegovina
• PMID: 16232149 (Publication Type: Journal Article)