Objective: This study was undertaken to investigate troponin and lymphocyte subset changes in acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) and to correlate these changes with disease variables.
Methods: Forty-five patients with AMI admitted to the Coronary Care Unit, Jordan University Hospital and Queen Alia Heart Institute at King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan during the period November 1999 through to April 2000 were included in the study. Forty-five patients with non cardiac conditions were selected as a control group.