High Troponin is not necessarily heart attack, Troponin is a marker of myocardial injury, any disease that causes myocardial injury may cause elevated Troponin.
1. Myocardial infarction refers to coronary artery atherosclerotic plaque rupture and blockage of blood vessels caused by myocardial cell ischemia and hypoxia occurring necrosis, which will make myocardial cells in the release of troponin into the bloodstream, resulting in the detection of elevated troponin, myocardial infarction, troponin will have dynamic changes, generally need to be rechecked in 4-6 hours, and there will also be persistent and severe retrosternal pain and other symptoms, which need to be combined with the changes in the electrocardiogram to determine.
2. Myocardial injury is not necessarily myocardial infarction, some acute viral myocarditis, myocardial contusion and other diseases can also destroy myocardial cells, so that Troponin is elevated. All high Troponin can only represent myocardial cell damage, not necessarily myocardial infarction.
If Troponin is found to be elevated during examination, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease and treat it under the doctor’s guidance to avoid delaying the condition.