Troponin elevation had a better rate at predicting mortality in patients with acute dyspnea due to both cardiac and pulmonary etiologies than B-type natriuretic peptide, acute HF and chronic ...

February 13, 2007 (Jerusalem, Israel) - Troponin elevations in hospitalized patients are frequently not associated with an acute coronary syndrome--they can, in fact, occur within a broad range of ...

Will troponin-I elevate in circumstances other than heart conditions? I have encountered several patients without previous heart disease whose troponin I level was elevated (around 5-10 mg/dL) acutely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Elevated troponin levels were found to be related to poorer in-hospital and postdischarge outcomes in patients ...

A new study is raising questions about how to best diagnose periprocedural myocardial infarction (MI) after elective stent placement. To detect event frequencies and predict 1-year mortality risk at ...

Even when cardiac troponin levels detected by high-sensitivity assays are within the normal range, elevations are associated with incident cardiovascular events in people without overt disease, a meta ...

Among patients with diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease, high-sensitivity testing effectively identified 39.3% of patients with elevated troponin levels who were at high 5-year risk of ...

New methods of cardiac troponin measurement accurately characterize patients as they present to the emergency department. Decisions on admission or discharge within 1–2 h of initial assessment (rather ...

High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I in ER Patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19 and have an elevated vs normal troponin levels were found to be at higher risk for death. Patients who are ...

Multigene Assays to Improve Assessment of Recurrence Risk and Benefit From Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Colon Cancer: Has the Time Finally Arrived, or Are We Still Stage Locked? Great strides have been ...

Exercising is healthy, but it also puts strain on the heart. During physical exertion, the protein troponin is released—a biomarker indicative of cardiac damage. New research from Radboudumc involving ...