[34] Vasopressor agents are often used in patients ... In conclusion, elevated cardiac troponin levels in the setting of upper gastrointestinal bleeding are relatively common.

A simple £5 blood test for the protein troponin could predict a person's risk of heart attacks and strokes with greater accuracy than ever before, research suggests. Troponin is found in heart ...

Also, the timing of the troponin measurements may have had an affect, that is, by missing elevation or the peak of elevation in some patients. In addition, we speculate that the quantity of ...

Troponin is shown in red (subunits not distinguished). Upon binding calcium, troponin moves tropomyosin away from the myosin-binding sites on actin (bottom), effectively unblocking it. Modified ...