Serial measurements of cardiac troponin I in heart failure secondary to canine mitral valve disease

• Published in: Veterinary record Vol. 185; no. 11; p. 343
• Main Authors: Chan, I-Ping, Wu, San-Yu, Chang, Chao-Chin, Chen, Wen-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Limited 01.09.2019; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Biomarkers; Blood pressure; cardiac biomarkers; clinical outcomes; Coronary vessels; death; degenerative mitral valve disease; Disease; Dogs; Edema; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Internal medicine; Medical prognosis; medical treatment; medicine; Peptides; prognosis; Radiography; risk; Studies; tracking measurements; Ultrasonic imaging; Veterinary medicine; cardiac biomarkers; degenerative mitral valve disease; clinical outcomes; tracking measurements

Serial measurements of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels are considered to be better predictors of cardiac death than single-time-point analyses in human medicine. We hypothesised that cTnI levels could reflect the severity of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), and that serial changes in the cTn...