Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in patients with renal failure using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T.

Jonathan D KnottOlatunde OlaLaura De MichieliAshok AkulaRamila A MehtaMarshall DworakErika CrockfordRonstan LoboJosh SlusserNicholas RastasSwetha KarturiScott WohlrabDavid O HodgeEric GrubeTahir TakCharles CaginRajiv GulatiYader SandovalAllan S Jaffe

Published in: European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care (2024)

Diagnostic performance of standard baseline and serial 2-hour hs-cTnT thresholds to rule-in MI is suboptimal in CKD patients. It significantly improves when using higher baseline thresholds and delta values.

Keyphrases

acute myocardial infarction
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
blood pressure
prognostic factors
percutaneous coronary intervention
left ventricular
coronary artery disease