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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T as an independent predictor of stroke in patients admitted to an emergency department with atrial fibrillation.

Mehrshad VafaieEvangelos GiannitsisMatthias Mueller-HennessenMoritz BienerElena MakarenkoBuelent YuekselHugo A KatusKiril M Stoyanov
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Elevated hsTnT levels are significantly associated with higher risk of stroke and provide prognostic information independent of CHA2DS2-VASc score variables. Measurement of hsTnT may improve prediction of stroke risk in patients presenting to an emergency department with AF as compared to risk stratification based only on clinical variables.
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