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Serum concentration of cardiac troponin T in patients with cardiomyopathy: a possible mechanism of acute heart failure
  1. Y SATO,
  2. T YAMADA,
  3. R TANIGUCHI,
  4. K KATAOKA,
  5. S SASAYAMA,
  6. A MATSUMORI,
  7. Y TAKATSU
  1. Division of Cardiology,
  2. Department of Internal Medicine,
  3. Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital,
  4. 1–1–1 Higashi-daimotsu-cho, Amagasaki,
  5. Hyogo 660, Japan
  6. and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
  7. Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.80.2.209

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    Sir,—We previously reported a group of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy associated with increased concentrations of serum cardiac troponin T (TnT) (measured using a first generation radioimmunoassay kit) and collagen.1These patients had poor short term prognosis. Of 11 patients with positive serum concentrations of TnT or …

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