Introduction: It is thought that any acute damage to the central nervous system and, more particularly, acute cerebrovascular disease (ACVD) can give rise to a myocardial lesion. Our aim is to apply the latest biochemical markers (troponin T, troponin I and myoglobin) to the study of this problem.
Patients and methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 42 patients who were consecutively admitted to hospital with ACVD. The pathological antecedents and the clinical and electrocardiographic variables were considered in each case. A single determination of CK, CK MB, myoglobin, troponin T and troponin I was performed for each patient.
Results: The determination of the new biochemical markers was positive in a higher number of cases than CK and its MB fraction, or electrocardiographic alterations. This positivity, together with the troponin T and troponin I values correlate with mortality.
Conclusions: We present the first research work to be published in Spanish that studies the new biochemical markers of myocardial damage in ACVD. We urge researchers to carry out further analyses on more extensive series in order to determine the influence myocardial damage has on mortality and to establish suitable therapeutic measures. This will also allow us to find out whether a certain location or size of the lesion can give rise to a higher predisposition to this kind of damage