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CAT - When should we measure cardiac troponin I?

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Alexandra G Raftery

In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2016 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 07, 2016
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Cardiac troponin I (CTnI) is part of the troponin complex integral to myocardial contraction. During myocyte necrosis or membrane damage cTnI leaks into the circulation and is detectable in the serum (gold standard to detect myocardial injury in humans [1], correlated to severity and prognosis in dogs and humans [2]) but provides no information on the mechanism of injury. Genetic sequencing of equine CTnI confirms that use of commercial human immunoassays is appropriate [3] ...

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University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

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