Myocardial Injury in Children with Unoperated Congenital Heart Disease

Abstract

in the CHD group and cyanotic CHD when compared to controls (0.0174 vs. 0.0138) and acyanotic (0.0255 vs. 0.0154), both were not statistically significant (p >0.05). The use of troponin-T may be useful in follow-up of unoperated cases of CHD for early identification of myocardial injury. We recommend further studies with larger sample size and serial measurement of troponin-T levels to establish the role of troponin-T as a marker of myocardial injury in children with unoperated CHD.