Clinical biochemistry
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Clinical biochemistry · Apr 2020
Superiority of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T vs. I for long-term prognostic value in patients with chest pain; data from the Akershus cardiac Examination (ACE) 3 study.
Cardiac troponins (cTn) are essential in the diagnostic assessment of non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). Elevated concentrations of cTnT and cTnI predict cardiovascular events in non-acute settings, but the individual troponin isotype association with long-term mortality in patients with suspected unstable angina pectoris (UAP) is less clear. ⋯ Higher concentrations of hs-cTnT and hs-cTnI were both associated with all-cause mortality in patients with UAP, but the association with outcome was stronger for hs-cTnT than for hs-cTnI.