| Autor: |
de Winter, R. J., Fischer, J., Bholasingh, R., van Straalen, J. P., de Jong, T., Tijssen, J. G., Sanders, G. T. |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Other departments |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2000 |
| Zdroj: |
Clinical chemistry, 46(10), 1597-1603. American Association for Clinical Chemistry Inc. |
| ISSN: |
0009-9147 |
| Popis: |
BACKGROUND: Increased C-reactive protein (CRP) is an important prognostic indicator for early risk stratification in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), independent of, and in combination with, increased cardiac troponin T (cTnT). However, increases in both cTnT and CRP also occur secondary to myocardial damage. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 156 consecutive patients, early release kinetics of CRP and cTnT were analyzed. The cutoff values were 3.0 mg/L for CRP and 0.1 microgram/L for cTnT. In the 75 patients with a CRP below the cutoff on admission, there was little change in CRP until 8 h after the onset of symptoms. At 12 h after the onset of symptoms, the cumulative proportions of abnormal CRP and cTnT in non-ST elevation ACS patients were 27% and 89%, respectively (P |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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