11 High-Sensitivity Troponin T Identifies Patients at Very Low Risk of Adverse Events

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Risk of Hypertension.

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of hypertension is often preceded by cardiac structural abnormalities. Thus, we assessed whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), a marker of subclinical myocardial damage, can identify individuals at risk for hypertension or left ventricular hypertrophy. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 6516 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study participants wh...

Cardiac troponin T monitoring identifies high-risk group of normotensive patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Indications for thrombolysis in normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), based on the presence of right ventricular (RV) overload during transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), are controversial. We checked whether the monitoring of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) might help in risk stratification by detecting patients with RV myocardial injury. PATIENTS AND DESIGN We stud...

High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Risk of Hypertension Running title: McEvoy et al.; High-sensitivity Troponin and Hypertension

Cystatin C identifies patients with stable chronic heart failure at increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events.

BACKGROUND Renal function is a strong predictor of adverse events in heart failure. Current renal function measures are imperfect, and cystatin C (CysC) is promoted as a better marker of glomerular filtration rate. This study compares the prognostic use of CysC and derived glomerular filtration rate estimates with other measures of renal function in patients with chronic heart failure. METHOD...

Addition of heart score to high-sensitivity troponin T versus conventional troponin T in risk stratification of patients with chest pain at the coronary emergency rooms

Patients with chest pain have a large impact on available resources in coronary emergency rooms (CER). Clinical judgement, ECG, risk scores and biomarkers guide in risk stratification. We investigated if high-sensitivity troponin T (HsT) and the HEART Score could contribute to risk stratification at the CER. All patients with chest pain, without elevated conventional troponin levels at presenta...