The American journal of medicine
The most recent articles from:
Am. J. Med.
-
Observational Study
Prognostic implications of high sensitivity Troponin T levels among patients attending emergency departments and evaluated for an acute coronary syndrome.
With increasing age, patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and elevated high-sensitivity troponin T (HsTnT) levels, type-1 myocardial infarction (MI) is diagnosed less often, though associations among these factors, gender, and prognosis is unclear. ⋯ Patients ages 65 years and older constituted ~60% of ED attendances of patients with suspected ACS, and more had type 2 MI and chronic myocardial injury diagnoses compared to younger patients. The relative mortality impact of HsTnT levels was lower among elderly patients irrespective of adjudicated diagnoses.
-
Letter Case Reports
A middle-aged woman with elevated serum CA19-9 and lymphadenopathy.