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Troponins are proteins found in skeletal and heart (cardiac) muscle fibers. They regulate muscular contraction. A troponin test measures the levels of cardiac-specific troponin T or troponin I proteins in the blood. It helps identify individuals who have experienced damage to their heart. Normally, troponin is present in undetectable quantities in the blood. It is released into the blood when there is damage to heart muscle cells. The more damage, the greater the troponin concentration in the blood.
Cardiac-specific troponins I and T levels elevate in the blood within 3 or 4 hours after and may remain elevated for 10 to 14 days when a person has a heart attack.
Increased troponin levels alone don’t diagnose or rule out a heart attack. A clinical history, physical exam, and ECG are also important.
Troponin levels :-
• below 0.04 ng/ml: Normal range
• above 0.40 ng/ml: Probable heart attack
• between 0.04 and 0.39 ng/ml: Indicates a problem with the heart.
Troponin levels can increase with other heart conditions such as myocarditis, weakening of the heart (cardiomyopathy), or congestive heart failure, and with conditions unrelated to the heart, such as severe infections and kidney disease.
COVID and Cardiac troponin
Cardiac troponin levels elevation indicative of myocardial injury is common in patients with COVID-19 and are associated with arrhythmias and death.
This occurs more frequently in patients who have chronic cardiovascular conditions.
Cardiac troponin, along with thrombotic and inflammatory markers, helps in determining stage classification and risk stratification for myocardial injury among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The term myocardial injury applies to any patient whose cardiac troponin (cTn) concentration is above the 99th percentile. Elevated cardiac troponin is noted in over 40% of patients with acute respiratory illnesses and COVID-19. Levels of cardiac troponin correlate with inflammatory and prothrombotic markers, disease severity, older age, and the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk factors in COVID-19.
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For more information, you can visit acc.org and Science Direct.
