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Troponin elevation in the setting of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis in an athletic teenager

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2019

Jacqueline Rausa
Affiliation:
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Ira Shetty
Affiliation:
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Rohit S. Loomba*
Affiliation:
Advocate Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
*
Author for correspondence: R. S. Loomba, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Advocate Children’s Hospital, 4440 95th Street, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, USA. Tel: +1 708 684 6471; Fax: +1 708 684 5932; E-mail: loomba.rohit@gmail.com

Abstract

Troponin levels are often obtained when chest pain is evaluated in the paediatric emergency department. Elevations in troponin levels can be due to different causes, and it is important to fully understand all of these possible causes to help streamline further evaluation and therapy. We present the case of a teenager who had two episodes of troponin elevation in the setting of rhabdomyolysis.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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Footnotes

This case report does have a greater number of figures and words than outlined in the instructions for authors. This has been discussed with Dr Jeffrey Jacobs who has said this is alright.

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