[Myocardial necrosis is not observed during acute cocaine abuse detectable by the serum levels of troponin T].

BACKGROUND

Recently we can use a new family of serological markers to objective myocardial damage with hig sensibility and specificity. One of these markers is T troponin (c-TNT). Some cocaine abusers have chest pain during drug consumption due to myocardial ischemia produced by the drug.

OBJECTIVE

To study if in the chest pain appeared after cocaine consumption a c-TNT increased is objective, showing myocardial cellular damage.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

We studied 65 patients; 35 cocaine abusers that were admitted into the emergency room for chest pain after cocaine consumption and 30 patients with no coronary chest pain. To all of them were determined c-TNT and CK.

RESULTS

An increase in c-TNT or CK was not observed in both groups.

CONCLUSION

We don't observe an increase in c-TNT in the group of cocaine abusers that evidence myocardial cellular damage.