Why the study?
Does serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) measurement improve the diagnosis of myocardial injury in newborns?
Population
Newborns evaluated for myocardial injury (MI)
Design
Other
Authors
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cTnT may aid neonatal myocardial injury diagnosis; leaves open routine adoption pending validation studies.
Does serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT) measurement improve the diagnosis of myocardial injury in newborns?
The study evaluates the utility of serum cardiac troponin T and CK-MB mass concentration as specific biochemical markers for diagnosing myocardial injury in newborns.
Panteghini et al. (1997) studied this question.
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