caa a22 4500 445823631 CHVBK 20180317145252.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00246-010-9814-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00246-010-9814-6 Cardiac Troponin T in Children With Acute Rheumatic Carditis [Elektronische Daten] [Osman Ozdemir, Deniz Oguz, Emel Atmaca, Cihat Sanli, Ayse Yildirim, Rana Olgunturk] The existence of cardiac damage in active rheumatic carditis patients is unknown, especially in those without pericarditis. The aim of this study was to determine cardiac myocyte damage using cardiac troponin T (cTnT) measurements in active rheumatic carditis. The levels of creatine kinase MB isoenzyme (CK-MB), cTnT, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), and fractional shortening (FS) were compared using Mann-Whitney U test between 28 patients with active rheumatic carditis and 32 controls (healthy children). Association of cTnT levels with ESR, CRP, and CTR was evaluated with Spearman correlation analysis. ESR, CRP, cTnT levels, and CTR were statistically higher in the patients than in the controls. There were no differences between the groups for CK-MB levels and FS. No relationships were found between cTnT levels and ESR, CRP, and CTR in the patient group. The results of the study suggest that when cTnT levels are within non-pathological range, there is no serious cardiac damage; however, statistically significant increases in cTnT levels may indicate minor damages in patients with active carditis due to acute rheumatic fever. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Acute rheumatic fever nationallicence Carditis nationallicence Troponin T nationallicence Ozdemir Osman Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kecioren Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey aut Oguz Deniz Department of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey aut Atmaca Emel Department of Pediatrics, Ankara Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey aut Sanli Cihat Department of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey aut Yildirim Ayse Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut Olgunturk Rana Department of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey aut Pediatric Cardiology Springer-Verlag 32/1(2011-01-01), 55-58 0172-0643 32:1<55 2011 32 246 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9814-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9814-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ozdemir Osman Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kecioren Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oguz Deniz Department of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Atmaca Emel Department of Pediatrics, Ankara Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sanli Cihat Department of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yildirim Ayse Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Kosuyolu Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Olgunturk Rana Department of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Pediatric Cardiology Springer-Verlag 32/1(2011-01-01), 55-58 0172-0643 32:1<55 2011 32 246 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer