False Positive Troponin I Rendering Two Admissions for “Recurrent Acute Myopericarditis”

INTRODUCTION: Since there are many manufacturers of cardiac troponin I assays, the true incidence of a false positive result is unknown. The authors report a case of an 18-year-old patient with previous history of recurrent myopericarditis and admitted to hospital twice again with a suspicious of my...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Marinheiro, Rita, Amador, Pedro, Parreira, Leonor, Rato, Quitéria, Caria, Rui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2018
Materias:
Cardiovascular Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6040207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30069255
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874192401812010055
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Since there are many manufacturers of cardiac troponin I assays, the true incidence of a false positive result is unknown. The authors report a case of an 18-year-old patient with previous history of recurrent myopericarditis and admitted to hospital twice again with a suspicious of myopericarditis. CONCLUSION: Troponin I was found to be a false positive and alkaline phosphatase interference was proved to have been the responsible for this.

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