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Type 2 Myocardial Infarction Following Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure

  • Park, Jin-Kyu (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center) ;
  • Shin, Jeong-Hun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Seok-Hwan (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Young-Hyo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Ung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Soo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Soon-Kil (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Guri Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Hyun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center) ;
  • Lim, Heon-Kil (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center) ;
  • Shin, Jin-Ho (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University Medical Center)
  • Published : 2011.11.30
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Abstract

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.

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