Addition of High-Sensitivity Troponin to Perioperative Risk Assessment Improves the Predictive Ability of Death in Non-Cardiac Surgery Patients.
Bruno Ferraz de Oliveira GomesThiago Moreira Bastos da SilvaGiovanni Possamai DutraLeticia de Sousa PeresNathalia Duarte CamisãoWalter de Souza Homena JúniorJoão Luiz Fernandes PetrizPlinio Resende do Carmo JuniorBasilio de Bragança PereiraGlaucia Maria Moraes de OliveiraPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (2024)
The prevalence of MINS is higher in the high-risk population. However, its prevalence in lower-risk population is not negligible and causes a higher risk of death. The addition of high-sensitivity troponin increased the predictive ability of risk assessment in all groups.