Cardiac troponin I elevation with supraventricular tachycardia: two case reports and review of the literature

BMC Research Notes

Xiang-Jun Yang¹  Xun Li¹  Yong-Ming He¹  Xu-Jie Cheng¹  Bin Jiang¹  Ting-Bo Jiang¹  Feng Xue¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China

关键词: Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia;    Acute coronary syndromes;    Cardiac troponin I;   

Others  :  1134310
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-0500-7-136

 received in 2013-09-19, accepted in 2014-02-04,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Although cardiac troponin I gives excellent accuracy in the identification of myocardial necrosis, it can also be elevated in a series of diseases other than acute coronary syndromes.

Case presentation

We present two cases of Chinese patients with a high serum troponin I level after an acute episode of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia with normal coronary arteries via angiography.

Conclusion

Abnormal troponin elevations can be seen in patients presenting with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia and angiographically-normal coronary arteries. Caution is advised with the use of invasive assessments such as coronary angiography in the differential diagnosis of patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia and elevated troponin levels.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 xue et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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