Do quantitative levels of cardiac troponin I implicate on severity of disease in children, adolescences, and young adults with acute myocarditis and myopericarditis?

Objectives: When cardiac muscle damage occurs, cardiac troponins are released to blood and their detection is used as a marker in clinical setting. The prognostic value of the quantitative levels of blood troponin I in cases of myocarditis and myopericarditis is unclear. The aim of this study was to analyse whether troponin quantitative blood levels can be correlated with the course of hospitalisation and prognosis.