@article{JTD584,
author = {Gonca Kilinc and Omer Tamer Dogan and Serdar Berk and Kursat Epozturk and Sefa Levent Ozsahin and Ibrahim Akkurt},
title = {Significance of serum cardiac troponin I levels in pulmonary embolism},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {4},
number = {6},
year = {2012},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: Some biomarkers can be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) and determining of severity and prognosis of the disease. In this study, we aimed to analyze the elevated cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels and its association with electrocardiography (ECG) and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) findings in patients with PE.
Methods: Totally 106 patients with suspected PE were included in the study. PE was confirmed in 63 of them, whereas it was excluded in the remaining 43 patients. Levels of cTnI were measured in all patients before the prescription of the anticoagulation therapy.
Results: High cTnI levels were found in 50.8% of patients with PE, and in 11.6% of patients without PE (P},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/584}
}