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A member asked:
If your troponin is over .5 it is considered elevated. but if i were to have it at 16 what would that mean?
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Pattern: It's not just the absolute number, it's the pattern and setting. A rise and fall in the setting of chest pain or other objective measures of abn. Cardiac function is indicative of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) but a permanently elevated troponin may be normal for you (extremely rare).
Answered 8/20/2013
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