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Troponin‐T levels in perinatally asphyxiated infants during the first 15 days of life
Author(s) -
GÜNES TAMER,
ÖZTÜRK M. ADNAN,
KÖKLÜ SELMIN MURADALDI,
NARIN NAZMI,
KÖKLÜ ESAD
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1080/08035250510041222
Subject(s) - creatine kinase , medicine , asphyxia , lactate dehydrogenase , creatinine , perinatal asphyxia , troponin t , troponin , cardiology , endocrinology , anesthesia , myocardial infarction , biochemistry , enzyme , biology
Aim : To measure serial cardiac troponin‐T, creatine kinase, creatine kinase‐MB, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase levels in asphyxiated newborn infants during the first 15 d of life. Methods: Troponin‐T, creatine kinase, creatine kinase‐MB, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) concentrations were measured prospectively in blood samples obtained from 45 asphyxiated and 15 healthy term neonates within the first 2–4 h, third, seventh and 15th days. Results: Infants with severe asphyxia had significantly higher cardiac troponin‐T levels than grade I and II asphyxiated and healthy neonates within the first 2–4 h of life (0.34 ± 0.21 ag/ml vs 0.07 ± 0.03 ag/ml, 0.12 ± 0.07 ag/ml, 0.04 ± 0.02 ag/ml, respectively). Troponin‐T levels remained high on days 3 and 7 in severely asphyxiated neonates. The creatinine kinase‐MB levels were significantly higher in grade II and III asphyxiated neonates than grade I asphyxiated and healthy neonates within the first 2–4 h. No difference was found in creatinine kinase‐MB on day 3. There was cardiac involvement in 12 (80%) newborns of group III on B mode echocardiographic images on day 1. However, no echocardigraphic pathology was found in the seventh‐ and 15th‐day echocardiographic analysis in any groups. Conclusion: Our results suggest that asphyxia‐related cardiac changes were significant but reversible in severely asphyxiated neonates, and troponin T is a good determinant of the degree of injury to the heart within the first week of life. Cardiac troponin T also has a wider diagnostic frame than other diagnostic markers of myocardial damage.