Cardiac troponin T concentrations above the 99th percentile value as measured by a new high-sensitivity assay predict long-term prognosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing routine early invasive strategy

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1077-1085

  Celik, S ^a   Giannitsis, E ^a   Wollert, K C ^b   Schwobel K ^a   Lossnitzer, D ^a   Hilbel, T ^a   Lehrke, S ^a   Zdunek, D ^c   Hess, A ^c   Januzzi, J L ^d   Katus, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Early diagnosis; High sensitivity cardiac troponin T; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACCURACY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84855994412     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-011-0344-x     Document Type: Article

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