Abstract:Objective To investigate the changes in serum ischemic modified albumin (IMA) and heart-type fatty acid binding protein (h-FABP) levels in children with viral myocarditis (VMC), and to analyze the correlation between serum IMA and h-FABP levels and myocardial damage. Methods A total of 96 children with VMC confirmed in our hospital from October 2016 to October 2019 were selected as the observation group. According to the clinical manifestations and related inspections, the observation group was divided into the mild group (n = 54) and the severe group (n = 42). Another 50 children undergoing health examination in the same period were selected as the control group. The albumin-cobalt binding test was used to detect the concentration of IMA in serum. The enzymelinked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the level of serum h-FABP. The chemiluminescence immunoassay was used to detect the level of serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI). Besides, the correlation between the levels of serum IMA and h-FABP and myocardial damage was explored by Pearson correlation analysis. Results The levels of serum IMA and h-FABP in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05), while the levels of serum IMA and h-FABP in the severe group were higher than those in the mild group (P < 0.05).Pearson correlation analysis showed that there was a positive correlation between the levels of serum IMA (r = 0.803), h-FABP (r = 0.851) and cTnI in children with VMC (P < 0.05). Conclusions There is high expression of IMA and h-FABP in children with VMC, and the levels of serum IMA and h-FABP in children with VMC increase with the severity of the disease and are positively correlated with the degree of myocardial damage, which is of significance in clinical early diagnosis and disease evaluation.