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http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2011.41.11.681

Type 2 Myocardial Infarction Following Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure  

Park, Jin-Kyu (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
Shin, Jeong-Hun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
Kim, Seok-Hwan (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital)
Lim, Young-Hyo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
Lee, Jae-Ung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital)
Kim, Kyung-Soo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
Kim, Soon-Kil (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital)
Kim, Jeong-Hyun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
Lim, Heon-Kil (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
Shin, Jin-Ho (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
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Korean Circulation Journal / v.41, no.11, 2011 , pp. 681-684 More about this Journal
Abstract
Myocardial infarction is diagnosed when blood levels of biomarkers are increased in the clinical setting of acute myocardial ischemia. Among the biomarkers, troponin I is the preferred biomarker indicative of myocardial necrosis. It is tissue specific for the heart. Myocardial infarction is rarely reported following seizure. We report a case of elevated troponin I in a patient after an episode of generalized tonic-clonic seizure. The diagnosis was type 2 myocardial infarction.
Keywords
Epilepsy; Myocardial infarction; Troponin I; Coronary angiography;
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