Biomarkers For Ischaemia And Necrosis - Simple Blood Tests To Detect Myocardial Infarction

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

Myocardial infarction is the major cause of death worldwide. With effective treatment within our grasp, accurate and rapid diagnosis is of major medical and economic importance. With the development of sensitive trials depicting either cardiac troponin I or cardiac troponin T, the only current biomarkers thought to be unique to the heart, the diagnosis of myocardial infarction has been revolutionized.

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