Case Reports
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1744

Elevated serum high-sensitive cardiac troponin T in adolescent runner: exercise or something else?

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Received: 11 June 2013
Published: 13 February 2014
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troponin T, exercise, adolescent runner

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Bahjat Barakat
bahjat.barakat@aosp.bo.it
Department of Emergency Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Italy.
Raffaele Pezzilli
Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Paola Prestinenza
Department of Digestive Diseases and Internal Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
It has been reported that prolonged strenuous exercise increases cardiac biomarkers probably due to transient strain, ischemia, inflammation, or metabolic causes. However, in emergency situation the possible increase of troponin serum concentrations in a young runner may lead to a suspicion of an acute myocardial damage. We report a case of elevated high-sensitive troponin T (hs-cTnT) in a half-marathon runner who had a transient loss of consciousness after a race associated with an increased serum levels of hscTnT without cardiac damage. Physicians must be able to interpret hs-cTnT serum concentrations using clinical expertise especially in an emergency situation.

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Bahjat Barakat, Department of Emergency Medicine, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital
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Elevated serum high-sensitive cardiac troponin T in adolescent runner: exercise or something else?. (2014). Emergency Care Journal, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2014.1744

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