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Case Reports
. 2014 Apr 4:2014:bcr2014203729.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-203729.

A non-ischaemic cause of elevated troponin

Guy Lefort  1 , Claude D'Antonio, Terrell Caffery
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Case Reports

A non-ischaemic cause of elevated troponin

Guy Lefort et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A 27-year-old woman with chest pain was admitted for elevated troponin levels. Troponin remained mildly elevated upon repeat testing, and a review of the medical record revealed that she had had an elevated troponin level in the past. She had a cardiac catheterisation that revealed angiographically normal coronary arteries. Repeat troponin testing with and without ethylene glycol revealed a negative troponin level after addition of ethylene glycol, suggesting antibodies were interfering with the assay.

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