Troponin T levels in patients with acute coronary syndromes, with or without renal dysfunction
Troponin T levels in patients with acute coronary syndromes, with or without renal dysfunction
复制标题
DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa013456
复制
发表时间:
2002-06-27
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Berger, P
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Aviles, RJ;Askari, AT;Berger, P
Background: Among patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes, cardiac troponin T levels have prognostic value. However, there is concern that renal dysfunction may impair the prognostic value, because cardiac troponin T may be cleared by the kidney.Methods: We analyzed the outcomes in 7033 patients enrolled in the Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries IV trial who had complete base-line data on troponin T levels and creatinine clearance rates. The troponin T level was considered abnormal if it was 0.1 ng per milliliter or higher, and creatinine clearance was assessed in quartiles. The primary end point was a composite of death or myocardial infarction within 30 days.Results: Death or myocardial infarction occurred in 581 patients. Among patients with a creatinine clearance above the 25th percentile value of 58.4 ml per minute, an abnormally elevated troponin T level was predictive of an increased risk of myocardial infarction or death (7 percent vs. 5 percent; adjusted odds ratio, 1.7; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.3 to 2.2; P