Prognostic value of admission high-sensitivity troponin in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Jose Coelho-LimaGeorgios GeorgiopoulosJaved AhmedSyeda E R AdilDavid GaskinConstantinos BakogiannisKateryna SopovaFareen AhmedHaaris AhmedLuke SprayGavin RichardsonAlan J BagnallKonstantinos StellosGeorge MavraganisIoakim SpyridopoulosPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2021)
Admission, but not 12-hour post-reperfusion, hs-cTnT predicts mortality and improves risk stratification in the PPCI era. These results support a prognostic role for admission hs-cTnT while challenge the cost-effectiveness of routine 12-hour hs-cTnT measurements in patients with STEMI.
Keyphrases
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- emergency department
- blood pressure
- acute myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular events
- risk factors
- clinical practice
- cerebral ischemia
- heart failure
- acute ischemic stroke
- type diabetes