Question 1

how long does the troponin testing take?

Accepted Answer

Troponin: If you are in the er, it should not take more than an hour on average.  Some hospitals are set up to do this quicker.

Question 2

how to differentiate from esophageal spasm/gerd and prinzmetal's angina? waiting for testing but get burning squeezing pain in center of chest. sometimes into my back and arm, but also have burning in stomach. ecg and troponin normal but crp high?

Accepted Answer

: Can  be difficult to do.
May need GI and heart studies with drugs injected to see if they can bring it on and see coronary artery go into spasm.

Question 3

hi. should i take a troponin test if i have cardio concerns?

Accepted Answer

See a Dr. first: Troponin specifically tests to see if you have had a recent heart attack. At 28 that, while not impossible, is very unlikely.
There are better tests to see if you have good reason to be concerned about the health of your heart. See your primary care Dr. and he or she can decide which tests are most appropriate.

Question 4

what is troponin?

Accepted Answer

Heart blood test: Troponin is a type of blood enzyme test that detects heart muscle breakdown.  The troponin level can go up with heart attacks (myocardial infarctions).

Question 5

what is normal troponin level?

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Depends: Depends on the assay being used...Need to check against reference range listed next to the result as this varies & there are different kinds of troponins.

Question 6

what does a 0.02 troponin mean?

Accepted Answer

Troponin: It is the reported level of troponin. Whether high or low will depend on which troponin (i or t) and also the lab reference range values.

Question 7

what does a troponin level test?

Accepted Answer

Damaged heart tissue: Cardiac markers including ckmb and troponins measure damage to the heart muscle which occurs in a heart attack - the damaged/dying muscle will leak these into the serum which can be measured as blood tests.  They start off "negative" - in the reference range - and then 4-6 hrs after the start of the heart attack they begin to rise - will eventually peak and over several days  return to normal.

Question 8

is a 0.010 troponin level normal?

Accepted Answer

: With the understanding that different labs may have different ranges for normal, above value appears normal. All labs have to be interpreted in proper clinical context otherwise.

Question 9

what does a troponin level of 2 mean?

Accepted Answer

Elevated: Suggesting heart muscle damage.

Question 10

what does "troponins were cycled" mean?

Accepted Answer

Cycling: Not sure what you mean or where you got that terminology.  We often do serial troponin exams over a time period to see whether the level is rising/falling; one might call that cycling. Physiologically there is a cycle of troponin binding during heart contraction so not sure what you mean.

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