High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is more helpful in detecting peri-operative myocardial injury and apoptosis during coronary artery bypass graft surgery

KOÇAK F. E., Kocak C., Aksoy A., Isiklar Ö. Ö., AKCILAR R., Ozdomanic I. F., ...More

CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA, vol.26, no.6, pp.234-241, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.5830/cvja-2015-052
  • Journal Name: CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.234-241
  • Keywords: apoptosis, creatine kinase, MB form, coronary artery bypass, myocardial reperfusion injury, troponin, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS, CREATINE-KINASE, HEART, INFARCTION, DIAGNOSIS, RELEASE, CABG, VALIDATION, ACTIVATION
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Aim: To determine whether there is a correlation between cardiac markers and peri-operative myocardial injury (PMI) and apoptosis in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and to compare the efficacy of cardiac markers to detect PMI.