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Presence of Macrotroponin for Over 2 Years in a Young Woman

Abstract

We present the case of a 28-year-old woman who presented with nonspecific symptoms with a high-sensitivity troponin I level > 10,000 ng/L, which led to extensive investigations and a hospital stay. Follow-up testing using an alternate troponin assay yielded undetectable levels. Two years later, the patient had a high-sensitivity troponin I level > 1500 ng/L, with experiments confirming the presence of a macrocomplex. We advocate for …

Authors

Ghossein J; Ghossein J; Booth RA; Kavsak P; Chamoun C

Journal

CJC Open, Vol. 4, No. 11, pp. 1012–1014

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

November 2022

DOI

10.1016/j.cjco.2022.07.016

ISSN

2589-790X