A member asked:

Patient had sepsis. patient died... if multiple troponin levels say normal, then death cannot be from acute hf and conjestve hf, am i correct?

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No: Troponin is a marker of acute death of heart muscle cells. A person may be in heart failure due to prior damage to the heart and still have normal troponin levels.

Answered 6/2/2017

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