Cardiac troponin I and creatine kinase-MB mass to rule out myocardial injury in hospitalized patients with renal insufficiency

M D McLaurin; F S Apple; A Falahati; M M Murakami; E A Miller; S W Sharkey

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00515-3

Cardiac troponin I and creatine kinase-MB mass to rule out myocardial injury in hospitalized patients with renal insufficiency

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Oct 15;82(8):973-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00515-3.

Authors

M D McLaurin¹, F S Apple, A Falahati, M M Murakami, E A Miller, S W Sharkey

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55415, USA.

PMID: 9794355
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00515-3

Abstract

Serum cardiac troponin I measurement is preferred to creatine kinase-MB mass for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with renal insufficiency. Unexplained increases in cardiac troponin I in this population requires further evaluation and close follow-up.

MeSH terms

Aged
Creatine Kinase / blood*
Electrocardiography
Hospitalization
Humans
Isoenzymes
Kidney Failure, Chronic / blood*
Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / blood
Myocardial Infarction / complications
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Troponin I / blood*

Substances

Isoenzymes
Troponin I
Creatine Kinase