Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2014

Troponin T As A Predictor of Severity of Cardiac Failure

Dr. Shiva Kumar, Dr . Arun Kumar M, Dr. Gopi Kumar

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 Chronic heart failure is a clinical syndrome caused by different underlying cardiac disease. Cardiac Troponin T is a highly sensitive and specific marker for myocardial necrosis. This study is to observe the relation between Cardiac Troponin T and non ischemic chronic heart failure. Plasma Troponin T was measured in 53 patients with chronic non–ischemic heart failure patients and 28 controls enrolled in our study. Troponin T was detectable in 9 (16.9%) chronic heart failure patients (P=0.024*) whereas it was undetectable in all the controls. There is a significant relationship between heart failure and Troponin T. The level correlates with the severity of heart failure with respect to NYHA functional class.  This ongoing myocardial necrosis was a strong predictor of worsening chronic heart failure, suggesting a role of Troponin based monitoring to identify high–risk patients

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Dr. Shiva Kumar, Dr .Arun Kumar M.,Dr. Gopi Kumar M S Troponin T as a predictor of severity of cardiac failure

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