Plasma high sensitivity troponin T levels in adult survivors of childhood leukaemias: determinants and associations with cardiac function.

We sought to quantify plasma high sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTnT) levels, their determinants, and their associations with left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation in adult survivors of childhood acute leukaemias.One hundred adult survivors (57 males) of childhood acute leukaemias, aged 24...

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Main Authors: Yiu-fai Cheung, Wei Yu, Daniel Ka-leung Cheuk, Frankie Wai-tsoi Cheng, Janet Yee-kwan Yang, Jeffrey Ping-wa Yau, Karin Ka-huen Ho, Chi-kong Li, Rever Chak-ho Li, Hui-Leung Yuen, Alvin Siu-cheung Ling, Vivian Wing-yi Li, Wai-keung Wong, Kwong-cheong Tsang, Godfrey Chi-fung Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3804508?pdf=render