Title of article
Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author/Authors
Qujeq, Durdi Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics - Babol University of Medical Sciences
Pages
4
From page
59
To page
62
Abstract
To improve the specificity of biochemical markers of myocardial infarction (MI) a method to measure
cardiac troponin-I (CTn-I) was developed. CTn-I is a protein unique to cardiac muscle and is released
after MI. Consecutive 150 patients admitted to the coronary care unit was studied. Value of CTn-I was
determined in all samples. CTn-I concentration in the MI patients group was increased compared to
that in the control [18.7 +/- 0.13 (mean +/- SD, n = 100) vs. 5.31 +/- 0.13, n = 50] g/l. Measurement of
CTn-I accurately detects MI in patients and should facilitate the diagnosis and management of such
patients. I
Keywords
Cardiac troponin-I , myocardial infarction , creatine kinase
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
1999
Record number
2474262
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