Troponin elevation is common in acute heart failure (AHF) and may be useful for prognostication; however, available data are mixed and many previous studies used older, less sensitive assays. We examined the association between serial measurements of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and outcomes in RELAX-AHF.

Serial high sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurement in acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF study / Felker, G Michael; Mentz, Robert J; Teerlink, John R; Voors, Adriaan A; Pang, Peter S; Ponikowski, Piotr; Greenberg, Barry H; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Davison, Beth A; Cotter, Gad; Prescott, Margaret F; Hua, Tsushung A; Lopez-Pintado, Sara; Severin, Thomas; Metra, Marco. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE. - ISSN 1388-9842. - 17:12(2015), pp. 1262-1270. [10.1002/ejhf.341]

Serial high sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurement in acute heart failure: insights from the RELAX-AHF study

Metra, Marco
2015-01-01

Abstract

Troponin elevation is common in acute heart failure (AHF) and may be useful for prognostication; however, available data are mixed and many previous studies used older, less sensitive assays. We examined the association between serial measurements of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) and outcomes in RELAX-AHF.
2015
Acute heart failure
Dyspnoea
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T
Outcomes
mortality
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