Is A Troponin Level Of <0.015 In Blood A Concern?

Posted on Fri, 16 Sep 2016

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Question : I want feeling well so I went the the er and they did a blood test for troponin 1 levels and it came back <0.015, I didn't get my results reviewed by a dr but I want to know if this is something to worry about.

Answered by Dr. Priyank Mody (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Yes , It's within normal limits .

Detailed Answer:
Hello ,
I am Dr. Mody and I would be addressing your concern .

Troponin is a test done to detect any kind of damage to the heart muscle but detecting the above molecule on the blood . The normal value is less than 0.01 ng/ml .

Considering your age is 26 years and you are well protected by your hormones against any major heart issues ,

The troponin results can be safely considered negative if it was done after 3 hours of the chest pain onset .

Also rather than a single value the trend is more important, so another sample after 6 hours of the first if still negative we can rule out heart as the cause of your symptoms 99.6 % , which is very accurate for any test .

Hopefully I could help .
Regards Dr. Priyank Mody

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee