Open AccessTroponin I Degradation and Myocardial Stunning
Author(s) -
Z. Papp,
Judit Barta,
Ger J.M. Stienen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circ.104.25.e157
Subject(s) - medicine , troponin , troponin i , cardiology , stunning , myocardial infarction , ischemia
To the Editor:The article by Feng et al1 caused a revolution in current thinking regarding the pathomechanism involved in myocardial stunning, in that it irrefutably proved that there is no causal link between troponin I (TnI) degradation and the transiently depressed contractile function after a brief ischemic episode. However, does this fact imply that …
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