PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CARDIAC TROPONIN-T IN UNSTABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS

Authors
WU AHB ABBAS SA GREEN S PEARSALL L DHAKAM S AZAR R ONOROSKI M SENAIE A MCKAY RG WATERS D
Citation
Ahb. Wu et al., PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF CARDIAC TROPONIN-T IN UNSTABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS, The American journal of cardiology, 76(12), 1995, pp. 970
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:12<970:PVOCTI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In a series of 131 consecutive patients with unstable angina presentin g to the emergency department, 27 (21%) had elevated levels of serum c ardiac troponin T. During a 3-week follow-up period, 8 of these patien ts (30%) had a myocardial infarction, 17 (63%) underwent coronary reva scularization, and 5 (19%) had refractory angina; thus, major complica tions occurred significantly more often in patients with elevated trop onin T levels on admission, indicating that this test is of prognostic value.