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18 Apr 2012

World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) Scientific Sessions 2012

 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the meeting. Medscape Cardiology
29 Mar 2012

Elevated glucose associated with undetected heart damage

 A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) injures the heart, even in patients without a history of heart...
05 Mar 2012

New call to redefine troponin threshold for periprocedural MI

 Another study suggests that the currently recommended troponin cutoff for diagnosing periprocedural MI is overly sensitive and identifies too many people as having had such an event. A stricter......
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General Information

07 Jun 2011

What is troponin?

 Troponin is attached to the protein tropomyosin and lies within the groove between actin filaments in muscle tissue. In a relaxed muscle, tropomyosin blocks the attachment site for the myosin...
07 Jun 2011

Troponin articles

 Pettersson K, et al. (2009) Autoantibodies to Cardiac Troponin Associate with Higher Initial Concentrations and Longer Release of Troponin I in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients. Clin Chem 55, 938-...
07 Jun 2011

Troponins as cardiac markers

 Cardiac conditions Certain subtypes of troponin (cardiac troponin I and T) are very sensitive and specific indicators of damage to the heart muscle (myocardium). They are measured in the blood to...
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