© 2002 The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
CASE REPORT
Troponin T elevation in lobar lung disease
Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
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Correspondence to:
Dr Tova Chajek-Shaul, Department of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, P O Box 24035, Jerusalem 91240, Israel;
chajek{at}hadassah.org.il
Two patients with a rise in cardiac troponin T (cTnT) concentrations during the course of lobar pneumonia, without any evidence of acute coronary syndrome or renal failure, are presented. The increase in cTnT concentration is considered a highly sensitive marker of cardiac injury, although it may also rise in other conditions and as a result of lobar pneumonia. Thus, this effect should be considered when the possibility of acute coronary syndrome in such patients is addressed.
Keywords: troponin T; lobar pneumonia; myocardial injury
Abbreviations: cTnT, cardiac troponin T; ECG, electrocardiogram
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