Type 2 Myocardial Infarction Following Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure
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- Park, Jinkyu; Shin, Jeong Hun; Kim, Seok Hwan; Lim, Young-Hyo; Lee, Jae Ung; Kim, Kyung-Soo; Kim, Soon-Kil; Kim, Jeong Hyun; Lim, Heon Kil; Shin, Jinho
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- Korean Circulation Journal. 41(11):681-684
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- case-report
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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.