TY - BOOK AU - Manuel, Jovie Joy, MD. TI - Cardiac troponin t in patient with chronic kidney disease with or without coronary artery disease / AV - MED20040003 PY - 2004/// CY - Fairview, Quezon City PB - Department of Medicine, FEU-NRMF N1 - Includes appendices and bibliographical references; RESDM N2 - ABSTRACT: Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) is currently the most specific and sensitive as a diagnostic marker in acute myocardial infarction. Cardiovascular complications accounts the highest incidence of deaths among patients with chronic kidney disease. Hence, elevation of cTnT in these patients even without symptoms of acute coronary syndrome affects its use as an important cardiac marker ER -