Article
Plasma high sensitivity troponin T levels in adult survivors of childhood leukaemias: determinants and associations with cardiac function.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Cheung Yiu-fai, Yu Wei, Cheuk Daniel Ka-leung, Cheng Frankie Wai-tsoi, Yang Janet Yee-kwan, Yau Jeffrey Ping-wa, Ho Karin Ka-huen, Li Chi-kong, Li Rever Chak-ho, Yuen Hui-Leung, Ling Alvin Siu-cheung, Li Vivian Wing-yi, Wong Wai-keung, Tsang Kwong-cheong, Chan Godfrey Chi-fung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We sought to quantify plasma high sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTnT) levels, their determinants, and their associations with left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation in adult survivors of childhood acute leukaemias. METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred adult survivors (57 males) of childhood acute leukaemias, aged 24.1 ± 4.2 years, and 42 age-matched controls (26 males) were studied. Plasma cTnT...
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