Cardiac-specific troponin I levels to predict the risk of mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes
Cardiac-specific troponin I levels to predict the risk of mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm199610313351802
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发表时间:
1996-10-31
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Braunwald, E
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作者:
Antman, EM;Tanasijevic, MJ;Braunwald, E
Background In patients with acute coronary syndromes, it is desirable to identify a sensitive serum marker that is closely related to the degree of myocardial damage, provides prognostic information, and can be measured rapidly. We studied the prognostic value of cardiac troponin I levels in patients with unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction.Methods In a multicenter study, blood specimens from 1404 symptomatic patients were analyzed for cardiac troponin I, a serum marker not detected in the blood of healthy persons. The relation between mortality at 42 days and the level of cardiac troponin in the specimen obtained on enrollment was determined both before and after adjustment for base-line characteristics.Results The mortality rate at 42 days was significantly higher in the 573 patients with cardiac troponin I levels of at least 0.4 ng per milliliter (21 deaths, or 3.7 percent) than in the 831 patients with cardiac troponin I levels below 0.4 ng per milliliter (8 deaths, or 1.0 percent; P