Serial analysis of serum cardiac troponin I changes and correlation with clinical findings in 46 dogs with mitral valve disease

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe S. Polizopoulou ◽  
Christos K. Koutinas ◽  
Anastasia Dasopoulou ◽  
Michael Patsikas ◽  
Malcolm York ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe S. Polizopoulou ◽  
Christos K. Koutinas ◽  
José J. Cerón ◽  
Asta Tvarijonaviciute ◽  
Silvia Martínez-Subiela ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 185 (11) ◽  
pp. 343-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
I-Ping Chan ◽  
San-Yu Wu ◽  
Chao-Chin Chang ◽  
Wen-Ying Chen

Serial measurements of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels are considered to be better predictors of cardiac death than single-time-point analyses in human medicine. We hypothesised that cTnI levels could reflect the severity of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), and that serial changes in the cTnI level had a prognostic value in dogs with congestive heart failure (CHF) secondary to MMVD. Seventy-six dogs were initially enrolled and classified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) staging system. The single-timepoint cTnI concentration in these dogs significantly increased with the ACVIM stage. Twenty-seven dogs with CHF subsequently underwent serial measurement of cTnI levels, and the results showed that those who demonstrated a decrease in cTnI levels from the first to the third visit exhibited a higher risk of cardiac death than did those without such changes (P=0.012). We suspect that the downward trend in cTnI levels may be affected by medical treatment for CHF. In conclusion, although cTnI levels could reflect the severity of MMVD to a certain extent, the serial changes may be affected by medical treatment. Therefore, caution should be exercised when cTnI is used for assessment of the prognosis of CHF secondary to MMVD in dogs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randolph L. Winter ◽  
Ashley B. Saunders ◽  
Sonya G. Gordon ◽  
Matthew W. Miller ◽  
Geoffrey T. Fosgate ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Divers ◽  
Marc S. Kraus ◽  
Sophy A. Jesty ◽  
Andrew D. Miller ◽  
Hussni O. Mohammed ◽  
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Six adult horses were administered sodium monensin, 1.0–1.5 mg/kg, via gastric gavage. Anorexia and/or diarrhea occurred within 24 hr after monensin administration in all 6 horses. Cardiac disease and dysfunction were evaluated by both elevations in heart rate, echocardiography, and an increase in serum concentrations of cardiac troponin I (cTnI), occurred in 4 horses. The development and severity of cardiac disease was likely affected by the monensin dose, vehicle (water or corn oil) mixed with monensin, and/or whether the monensin was administered to fed or fasted horses. Initial increases in cTnI concentrations occurred between 24 and 72 hr after monensin administration. The 2 horses with the highest cTnI concentrations died or were euthanized within 5 days after monensin administration and had severe cardiac disease. One horse had increased cTnI concentrations from day 2 to day 16, but no apparent change in ventricular contractile function was evident on echocardiography. The fourth diseased horse did not return to cTnI reference intervals until day 27 after monensin administration, and the ventricular function was still abnormal just before euthanasia 9 months later. Cardiac troponin I measurements could be useful in managing farm outbreaks of accidental monensin feeding by the early identification of horses with cardiac disease.


CHEST Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Boriani ◽  
Mauro Biffi ◽  
Vittorio Cervi ◽  
Gabriele Bronzetti ◽  
Giorgia Magagnoli ◽  
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