TY - JOUR T1 - Rapid Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction TT - JF - انستیتو-پاستور-ایران JO - انستیتو-پاستور-ایران VL - 3 IS - 1 UR - http://ibj.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-855-en.html Y1 - 1999 SP - 59 EP - 62 KW - Cardiac troponin-I KW - myocardial infarction KW - creatine kinase N2 - To improve the specificity of biochemical markers of myocardial infarction (MI) a method to measure cardiac troponin-I (CTn-I) was developed. CTn-I is a protein unique to cardiac muscle and is released after MI. Consecutive 150 patients admitted to the coronary care unit was studied. Value of CTn-I was determined in all samples. CTn-I concentration in the MI patients group was increased compared to that in the control [18.7 +/- 0.13 (mean +/- SD, n = 100 ) vs. 5.31 +/- 0.13, n = 50] µg/l. Measurement of CTn-I accurately detects MI in patients and should facilitate the diagnosis and management of such patients. M3 ER -