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Congestive Heart Failure
New congestive heart failure research reported from Gaziantep University, Medical Department
July 12th, 2009
"Patients with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) often have unexplained elevations in serum concentrations of troponin T (TnT), and it is proposed that this is due to cardiac TnT release because of underlying cardiac disease. We investigated whether impaired renal function is an additional underlying phenomenon contributing to increased TnT levels in patients with CHF," scientists in Gaziantep, Turkey report. "Sixty-two patients with nonischemic CHF, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III-IV, with normal coronary angiogram and normal serum creatinine were included in the study. Baseline glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was calculated using the Cockcroft Gault...
Source: Heart Disease Weekly (2009-07-12)
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