
Myocardial infarction and troponin in elderly patients
La Clinical definition of Myocardial infarction involves the presence of acute myocardial injury detected by abnormal cardiac biomarkers in the context of evidence of acute myocardial ischemia (1). Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and T (cTnT) are components of the contractile apparatus of myocardial cells and are expressed almost exclusively in the heart. cTnI and cTnT […]