Changes and clinical significance of serum cardiac troponin I in children with viral encephalitis / 实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To study the clinical significance and changes of serum cardiac troponin I (CTnI) levels in children's viral encephalitis merged with myocarditis or myocardium injury.Methods CTnI and myocardium zymogram levels were detected in 40 children with viral encephalitis and other 40 children as the controls by means of ELISA.Results CTnI and myocardium zymogram levels in viral encephalitis were significantly higher than those in controls(P