Shuanglin Zheng

Case Report: Discordant high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T elevation in polymyositis: a diagnostic pitfall

Shuanglin Zheng, Huabin Xie

Background High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) is widely used as a gold-standard marker of myocardial injury, yet non-ischemic elevations can occur in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), creating a significant diagnostic pitfall. In contrast, high-sensitivity card…Read more