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Worried about results of Troponin test
Hi, had HCM asymptomatic for 20 years (helped by bisoprolol). Just had a great set of tests with a new cardiologist who said everything looked positive as there hadn't been any change in 20 years and my Mum who is alive at 92 has the condition. Had my first troponin test (38) and BNP test (+900) both abnormal, the BNP wasn't a worry for my cardiologist and he stated at my consultation that he expected the Troponin to be normal, which it isn't. Waiting to hear from him on this. Unfortunately whilst I have lots of historic values for my HCM, nothing historic for these tests. Just wondering whether this is normal for other HCM sufferers who have some history on whether there have been changes in these.
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The high levels he said he will continue to monitor and that the baseline i have seems to be consistent to what showed up recently in my results. He did switch me to bisoprolol which is much better for me.
@bbuck I tolerate bisoprolol very well fortunately. Seems to keep any symptoms away.
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1 ReactionHi. What did your cardiologist say about your high troponin levels that you last talked about?
@bbuck he called it mildly elevated and said it's common with HCM and recommended me to have them yearly now so that we can see the direction it's going in. Next time though I am having the test before the Echo, with all the holding of breath and breathing instructions I wouldn't be surprised if that triggered elevated levels. So I have put it at the back of my mind now whilst I still have no apparent symptoms and await the next test.