Open AccessElevated Cardiac Troponin (cTnI) Levels Correlate with the Clinical and Echocardiographic Evidences of Severe Myocarditis in Scorpion Sting Envenomation
Author(s) -
Suresh V Sagarad,
Balaram Singh Thakur,
Sushma Reddy,
K. S. Balasubramanya,
Rajeev Joshi,
Sudha Biradar Kerure
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2012/4760.2361
Subject(s) - myocarditis , medicine , sting , envenomation , troponin i , troponin , cardiology , viral myocarditis , venom , myocardial infarction , ecology , engineering , biology , aerospace engineering
This study was to evaluate the predictive value of the cardiac troponins in scorpion sting myocarditis at a tertiary care hospital in Raichur, (Karnataka state) India.