Implications of Age for the Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Cardiac Troponin T and I.
Rasmus Bo HasselbalchPhilip Andreas SchytzMartin SchultzCaroline Sindet-PedersenJonas Henrik KristensenNina StrandkjærSophie Sander KnudsenMia Pries-HejeManan PareekKristian Hay KragholmNicholas CarlsonMorten SchouMikkel Porsborg AndersenHenning BundgaardChristian Torp-PedersenKasper Karmark IversenPublished in: Clinical chemistry (2024)
The predictive and prognostic ability of cTnT and cTnI declined with age. cTnT had a low specificity for MI in elderly patients. However, cTnT was the strongest prognostic marker among all age groups.
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