Is Troponin really a reliable marker in patients with acute ischemic stroke?

Yildiz Z., KOÇER A., Avsar S., Cinier G.

ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, vol.56, no.4, pp.250-256, 2018 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.2478/rjim-2018-0016
  • Journal Name: ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.250-256

Abstract

Background and purpose. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a reliable marker to diagnose acute myocardial infarction, but the pathophysiological explanation for the increase in cTnI levels in patients with acute ischemic stroke (IS) remains unknown. To overcome this question, we aimed to compare serum cTnI levels in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) concomitant with and without stroke. By doing like this, we thought that we could demonstrate the effect of stroke on TrpI level.