Can troponin T levels be useful in the diagnosis of rheumatic carditis?

• Main Authors: Mehmet Halil Ertug (Author), Gokben Gorsel Yilmaz (Author), Gayaz Akçurin (Author), Firat Kardelen (Author), Abdullah Kocabas (Author), Saadet Gumuslu (Author), Sibel Kuloglu Genç (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 diagno...