Sensitive cardiac troponin in the diagnosis and risk stratification of acute heart failure

Autor: Raphael Twerenbold, Nisha Arenja, Corinna Heinisch, Thenral Socrates, Christian Mueller, Tobias Breidthardt, Philip Haaf, Tobias Reichlin, Miriam Reiter, Claudia Stelzig, Mihael Potocki, Kris Denhaerynck, Markus Noveanu, Beatrice Drexler, S. Oshima
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Internal Medicine. 271:598-607
ISSN: 0954-6820
Popis: Arenja N, Reichlin T, Drexler B, Oshima S, Denhaerynck K, Haaf P, Potocki M, Breidthardt T, Noveanu M, Stelzig C, Heinisch C, Twerenbold R, Reiter M, Socrates T, Mueller C (University Hospital, Basel). Sensitive cardiac troponin in the diagnosis and risk stratification of acute heart failure. J Intern Med 2012; 271: 598–607. Background. The aim of our study was to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of a sensitive cardiac troponin I (s-cTnI) assay in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). Methods. Sensitive cardiac troponin I was measured in 667 consecutive patients at presentation to the emergency department with acute dyspnoea. Three s-cTnI strata were predefined: below the limit of detection (
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