Open AccessUse of troponin-I, CPK-MB and myoglobin in the diagnosis of myocardial infarct and processes of muscular necrosis of non-cardiac origin
Author(s) -
J.I. Ibáñez,
R. Sobrado,
Mirza Rivero,
J.M. Olite,
I. Idoate,
I. Berrozpe,
E. Arina,
Luís Metola,
Javier Sesma
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anales del sistema sanitario de navarra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2340-3527
pISSN - 1137-6627
DOI - 10.23938/assn.0506
Subject(s) - myocardial infarction , medicine , myoglobin , cardiology , troponin , troponin i , chest pain , troponin complex , necrosis , chemistry , organic chemistry
Thoracic pain is one of most frequent reasons for consultations at an Emergency Unit. Clinical description and the ECG are fundamental for its analysis, but a serious diagnostic problem arises when these do not provide typical data. Our aim is to analyse recently introduced biochemical parameters in order to test whether it is possible to discriminate between entities that are associated with myocardial necrosis and those others in which necrosis is due to striated muscle.