- It is of ace importance to assess a person with myocardial infarction in emergency to impose definitive treatment. The measurement of troponin levels is necessary to identify the presence or absence of myocardial infarction. The aim of this article is to elucidate the importance the importance of troponin level measurement among patients with chest pain as a marker of myocardial infarction. Troponin levels are at a negligible level in a normal person but elevate to a large extent within 3 to 4 hours of initiation of chest pain and remain high upto many days. Measurement of serum troponin levels is a good diagnostic mesure to plan definitive treatment of patients with myocardial infarction and differentiate the chest pain originated from myocardial infarction and chest pain from other factors.

Keywords : Troponin, Chest Pain, Myocardial Infarction, Cardio Vascular Diseases, Ischemic Pain.