Why the study?
Are cardiac troponin T and echocardiography useful in diagnosing hypoxic myocardial injury in full-term neonates?
Population
83 full-term infants, including 39 with perinatal asphyxia and 44 without fetal anoxia
Comparison
Measurement of cardiac troponin T and… vs Healthy full-term infants without fetal anoxia
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
12 to 24 hours of life
Authors
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May support cTnT and echo for detecting hypoxic myocardial injury in neonates; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before adoption.
Are cardiac troponin T and echocardiography useful in diagnosing hypoxic myocardial injury in full-term neonates?
Cardiac troponin T >0.1 ng/ml is a reliable marker of myocardial injury in full-term neonates following perinatal asphyxia.
Szymankiewicz et al. (2005) studied this question.
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