A high incidental rise in cardiac troponin I carries a higher mortality risk in older patients than in those with a diagnosed acute coronary syndrome

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-125

  Zaman, M Justin S ^a,b   Vrotsou, Kalliopi ^c,d   Chu, Gavin S ^e   May, Helen M ^f   Myint, Phyo K ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^e ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 78650352835     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq145     Document Type: Letter

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