Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis?
Objective: 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. Methods: 30 patients diagn...
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| author | Mehmet Halil Ertug Gokben Gorsel Yilmaz Gayaz Akçurin Firat Kardelen Abdullah Kocabas Saadet Gumuslu Sibel Kuloglu Genç |
| author_facet | Mehmet Halil Ertug Gokben Gorsel Yilmaz Gayaz Akçurin Firat Kardelen Abdullah Kocabas Saadet Gumuslu Sibel Kuloglu Genç |
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| description | Objective: 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.
Methods: 30 patients diagnosed as ARF underwent echocardiography and their cardiac troponin T (cTnT) serum levels were measured. Patients were divided into group 1: Arthritis alone, group 2: carditis, and group 3 carditis with congestive heart failure (CHF).
Results: cTnT serum levels were normal in all except one patient with in group 3. Two patients in carditis (group 2) and three patients in CHF (group 3) had dilation in left ventricular end diastolic diameter.
Conclusions: Normal cTnT levels in our patient group suggests that inflammation rather than myocardial necrosis is predominant in ARF carditis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ea715ac18464cd79ed785d821a6cb982022-12-22T02:45:34ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Pediatric Cardiology0974-20692011-01-014215615810.4103/0974-2069.84657Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis?Mehmet Halil ErtugGokben Gorsel YilmazGayaz AkçurinFirat KardelenAbdullah KocabasSaadet GumusluSibel Kuloglu GençObjective: 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. Methods: 30 patients diagnosed as ARF underwent echocardiography and their cardiac troponin T (cTnT) serum levels were measured. Patients were divided into group 1: Arthritis alone, group 2: carditis, and group 3 carditis with congestive heart failure (CHF). Results: cTnT serum levels were normal in all except one patient with in group 3. Two patients in carditis (group 2) and three patients in CHF (group 3) had dilation in left ventricular end diastolic diameter. Conclusions: Normal cTnT levels in our patient group suggests that inflammation rather than myocardial necrosis is predominant in ARF carditis.http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2011;volume=4;issue=2;spage=156;epage=158;aulast=ErtugAcute rheumatic feverrheumatic heart diseaseTroponin-T |
| spellingShingle | Mehmet Halil Ertug Gokben Gorsel Yilmaz Gayaz Akçurin Firat Kardelen Abdullah Kocabas Saadet Gumuslu Sibel Kuloglu Genç Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis? Annals of Pediatric Cardiology Acute rheumatic fever rheumatic heart disease Troponin-T |
| title | Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis? |
| title_full | Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis? |
| title_fullStr | Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis? |
| title_short | Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis? |
| title_sort | can troponin t levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis |
| topic | Acute rheumatic fever rheumatic heart disease Troponin-T |
| url | http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2011;volume=4;issue=2;spage=156;epage=158;aulast=Ertug |
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