Increased level of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in a geriatric population is determined by comorbidities compared to age | Zendy

María Rubini Giménez | Zendy

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Increased level of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in a geriatric population is determined by comorbidities compared to age

Author(s) -

María Rubini Giménez

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

ijc heart and vasculature

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813

H-Index - 18

ISSN - 2352-9067

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijcha.2019.100361

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , chest pain , troponin , acute coronary syndrome , emergency department , cardiology , heart failure , cohort , population , environmental health , psychiatry

Article history: Received 31 March 2019 Received in revised form 4 April 2019 Accepted 6 April 2019 Available online xxxx all, these novel insights suggest that among elderly increased hs-cTnT levels without AMI should encourage us to search for the etiology. Until the moment most studies where elderly presented without AMI and elevated hs-cTn levels, the advanced age has been considered the main reason, although most of patients presented with comorbidities [7,8,12,13]. On the other hand, similarly to the current one only few studies have suggested the fact that independently of age,

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