The Evaluation of Diagnostic Role of Cardiac Troponin T (cTnT) in Newborns with Heart Defects

Table 1

Characteristic of heart defects in group I patients.

Division of heart defects Group I (𝑁=54)		Type of defect	Number of patients
Hemodynamic significant defects (Group Ii)𝑁=29	Simple shunts (Group Ia) 𝑁=16	ASD + VSD	10
		ASD + VSD + PDA	2
		ASD + PDA	2
		PDA	1
		ASD	1
	Combined heart defects (Group Ib) 𝑁=13	CAVC	5
		FT4	2
		PS + ASD	1
		CoA + ASD	1
		TA	1
		L-TGA +VSD + PS	1
		DORV + ASD	1
		SA + PS + ASD + PDA	1
Defects without hemodynamic significance (Group In) 𝑁=25	Simple shunts (Group Ia) 𝑁=24	ASD	11
		ASD + PDA	7
		ASD + VSD	4
		ASD + VSD + PDA	2
	Combined heart defects (Group Ib)𝑁=1	PS + ASD	1

N: number of patients
ASD: atrial septum defect
VSD: ventricular septum defect
PDA: persistent ductus arteriosus
CoA: aortic coarctation
PS: pulmonary stenosis
DORV: double outlet left ventricle
TA: truncus arteriosus
TGA: transposition of great arteries
SA: aortic stenosis.