The Half-Life of Long Forms of Cardiac Troponin T.
BACKGROUND Long forms of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) are promising markers that may differentiate myocardial infarction from other causes of acute and chronic myocardial injury. However, to understand the clinical utility of long cTnT, knowledge of the half-life (T½) is key. By using auto-transfusion in humans we determi...