Prognostic Value of Very Low Plasma Concentrations of Troponin T in Patients With Stable Chronic Heart Failure
New York Medical College · Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · +6 more institutions
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Circulating cardiac troponin T, a marker of cardiomyocyte injury, predicts adverse outcome in patients with heart failure (HF) but is detectable in only a small fraction of those with chronic stable HF. We assessed the prognostic value of circulating cardiac troponin T in patients with stable chronic HF with a traditional (cTnT) and a new precommercial highly sensitive assay (hsTnT). METHODS AND RESULTS: Plasma troponin T was measured in 4053 patients with chronic HF enrolled in the Valsartan Heart Failure Trial (Val-HeFT). Troponin T was detectable in 10.4% of the population with the cTnT assay (detection limit
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 29.38
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 42
Authors
12- RLRoberto LatiniCorresponding
New York Medical College, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Veterans Health Administration, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri, Mario Negri Sud Foundation, University of Minnesota Medical Center, University of Brescia
- SMSerge Masson
New York Medical College, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Veterans Health Administration, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri, Mario Negri Sud Foundation, University of Minnesota Medical Center, University of Brescia
- ISInder S. Anand
New York Medical College, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Veterans Health Administration, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri, Mario Negri Sud Foundation, University of Minnesota Medical Center, University of Brescia
- EMEmil Missov
New York Medical College, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Veterans Health Administration, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri, Mario Negri Sud Foundation, University of Minnesota Medical Center, University of Brescia
- MCMarjorie Carlson
New York Medical College, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Veterans Health Administration, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri, Mario Negri Sud Foundation, University of Minnesota Medical Center, University of Brescia
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Heart failure
- Cardiology
- Internal medicine
- Troponin
- Troponin I
- Myocardial infarction
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