Why the study?
Do troponin T and myoglobin levels improve early diagnostic sensitivity for acute myocardial infarction compared to creatinine kinase?
Do troponin T and myoglobin levels improve early diagnostic sensitivity for acute myocardial infarction compared to creatinine kinase?
Myoglobin provides the highest diagnostic sensitivity at admission for acute myocardial infarction, while troponin T matches its performance by 2 hours, both outperforming creatinine kinase in the early hours.
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May support adjunctive myoglobin at admission for AMI; Level 4 evidence leaves open prospective validation against modern hs-Tn protocols.
Vatansever et al. (2003) studied this question.
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