Open AccessCardiac troponin-I as a marker of myocardial dysfunction in children with septic shock
Author(s) -
Fuat Gürkan,
Ayşenur Alkaya,
Aydın Ece,
Kenan Haspolat,
Mehmet Boşnak,
Meki Bilici,
Mehmet Kervancıoğlu,
Z Aritrk
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2004.10576
Subject(s) - medicine , troponin i , septic shock , ejection fraction , cardiology , shock (circulatory) , troponin , sepsis , myocardial infarction , heart failure
Cardiac depression is well known in severe sepsis and septic shock. Our aim was to investigate the incidence of myocardial ischaemia as shown by cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels in patients with septic shock and to evaluate the correlation with myocardial dysfunction measured by echocardiography.
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