Post-exercise high-sensitivity troponin T levels in patients with suspected unstable angina.
Gaetano Antonio LanzaErica MencarelliVeronica MelitaAntonio TotaMaurizio GabrielliFilippo SarulloChiara CordischiAnnalisa PotenzaSilvia CardoneAntonio De VitaAntonio BisignaniLaura ManfredoniaGiuseppa CaccamoGiuseppe VitaleSilvia BaroniMirca AntenucciFilippo CreaFrancesco FranceschiPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Our data show that hs-TnT increased after EST in patients with suspected unstable angina, which seemed largely independent of most clinical and laboratory variables. Thus, hs-TnT assessed after EST does not seem to be helpful to identify patients with obstructive CAD in this kind of patients.