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I Recently Went To The ER For Chest Pain ,

Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2019

Question: I recently went to the ER for chest pain, i did my blood test but left the ER due to anxiety(i know dumb decision) i later looked at my results online for the blood test and seen that my Troponin i level waa 0.030ng/ml i understand that anything pver 0.040 is an indicator of heart damage but is my level at 0.030 a sign that there is something going on? What should my troponin i levels be at normally?

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Please refer to the detailed answer below

Detailed Answer:
Hello

After going through the medical details provided by you i can understand your concern and I would like to tell you that

1. normal range of trop is up to 0.04,

2. 0.05 to 0.39 is borderline and should always be correlated clinically with symptoms ecg changes and echocardiogram

3. levels above 0.4 is suggestive of cardiac injury in otherwise normal individuals.

I hope this information will guide you properly.

kind Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Bhanu Partap (23 minutes later)

So my Troponin levels being at 0.030 is this a cause for concern?

Answered by Dr. Bhanu Partap (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Hello again

Detailed Answer:
If your ecg is normal then the chances of having any issues are less however it’s advisable to get an echocardiogram and TMT done for complete evaluation.

kind Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana