Circulating Troponin As Measured by a Sensitive Assay for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Primary Prevention
Author(s) -
David M. Leistner,
Jens Klotsche,
Lars Pieper,
Günter K. Stalla,
Hendrik Lehnert,
Sigmund Silber,
Winfried März,
HansUlrich Wïttchen,
Andreas M. Zeiher
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2011.174292
Subject(s) - mace , medicine , troponin i , troponin , cardiology , natriuretic peptide , prospective cohort study , population , cohort , risk factor , cohort study , biomarker , coronary artery disease , risk assessment , troponin t , myocardial infarction , heart failure , environmental health , percutaneous coronary intervention , biochemistry , chemistry , computer security , computer science
Measuring circulating cardiac troponin using novel sensitive assays has revealed that even minute elevations are associated with increased mortality in patients with coronary artery disease or even in the general population. Less well defined, however, is the incremental value of measuring circulating cardiac troponin I (cTnI) by a sensitive assay for risk assessment in primary prevention.
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