Small changes in troponin T levels are common in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and are linked to higher mortality

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1231-1238

  Bjurman, Christian ^a   Larsson, Mårten ^a   Johanson, Per ^a   Petzold, Max ^a   Lindahl, Bertil ^b   Fu, Michael L X ^a   Hammarsten, Ola ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mortality; non ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; troponin T change

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; Q WAVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIAC TROPONIN T; CCU; CHEST PAIN UNIT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CPU; CTNT; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH-SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN T; HR; HS-CTNT; INTERQUARTILE RANGE; IQR; MI; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NCCP; NON-ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; NSTEMI; TROPONIN T CHANGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84884559058     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.06.050     Document Type: Article

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