PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF DETECTION OF TROPONIN-I PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS

Authors
BRSCIC E CHIAPPINO I BERGERONE S LANFRANCO G MAINARDI L IMAZIO M AMELLONE C PAGNI R ROSETTANI E
Citation
E. Brscic et al., PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS OF DETECTION OF TROPONIN-I PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA-PECTORIS, The American journal of cardiology, 82(8), 1998, pp. 971
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
82
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)82:8<971:PIODOT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
In our study, troponin I was not a predictor of cardiac events and a n egative troponin I test did not exclude the presence of severe coronar y artery disease. A positive troponin I test in patients with unstable angina identified a subgroup with probable, more active coronary dise ase (with higher levels of C-reactive protein).