Early and late troponin T determination after elective cardiac surgery. Two different meanings.

Aim: Although Troponins are demonstrated to be better predictors than CK-MB in quantification of myocardial damage, the relation between cut-off values for the diagnosis of perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) and sample time is still not clear. In the present study we sought to analyse the clinical consequence of an early and late cTnt determinations after elective cardiac surgery.

Material Of Study: Data of 117 patients undergone elective open heart surgery between January 2006 and June 2007 were prospectively collected.