Coronary angiography-related myocardial injury as detected by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay

Autor: Evangelos Giannitsis, Arnt V. Kristen, Daniel Wohlleben, Raffi Bekeredjian, Mehrshad Vafaie, H. Christian Volz, Haitham Abu Sharar, Hugo A. Katus
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: EuroIntervention. 12:337-344
ISSN: 1774-024X
DOI: 10.4244/eijv12i3a54
Popis: AIMS We sought to evaluate rates and mechanisms of myocardial injury and type 4a myocardial infarction (MI) after an elective diagnostic coronary angiography (CAG) as detected by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hsTnT) assay. METHODS AND RESULTS Cardiac troponin concentrations were measured in consecutive patients before and after undergoing an elective CAG -with or without coronary intervention (PCI)- using an hsTnT assay. The study population consisted of 545 patients: 320 (58.7%) patients received only an elective CAG and another 225 patients (41.3%) received an additional PCI. Significant hsTnT increases occurred in 97 (30.3%) cases within the CAG group and in 152 (67.6%) cases within the PCI group. Rates of normal baseline hsTnT values (
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