Test
Trop I
Pathology
Summary
Troponin is a regulatory complex of 3 proteins that resides at regular intervals in the thin filament of striated muscle. Cardiac Troponin is a cardiospecific, highly sensitive marker of myocardial damage and has never shown to be expressed in normal, regenerating or diseased skeletal muscle. In cases of acute myocardial damage, Troponin I levels rise in serum about 3-4 hours after appearance of cardiac symptoms and remain elevated upto 10 days. It is an independent prognostic marker which can predict near, mid and long term outcome in patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).
