Open AccessCan troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis?
Author(s) -
Mehmet Halil Ertug,
Gokben Gorsel Yilmaz,
Gayaz Akçurin,
Fırat Kardelen,
Abdullah Kocabaş,
Saadet Gümüşlü,
Sibel Kuloglu Genç
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.84657
Subject(s) - carditis , medicine , cardiology , acute rheumatic fever , myocarditis , troponin complex , troponin t , heart failure , troponin , heart disease , rheumatic fever , myocardial infarction
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an endemic disease observed in children of developing countries. The purpose of this study was to test if it was possible to identify myocardial involvement in cases with rheumatic carditis by the measurement of serum cardiac TnT.