Cardiac Troponin I Is an Independent Predictor for Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19

Circulation. 2020 Aug 11;142(6):608-610. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048789. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Authors

Shao-Fang Nie^#¹, Miao Yu^#¹, Tian Xie^#¹, Fen Yang¹, Hong-Bo Wang², Zhao-Hui Wang¹, Ming Li¹, Xing-Li Gao¹, Bing-Jie Lv¹, Shi-Jia Wang¹, Xiao-Bo Zhang¹, Shao-Lin He¹, Zhi-Hua Qiu¹, Yu-Hua Liao, Zi-Hua Zhou¹, Xiang Cheng¹

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Cardiology (S.-F.N., M.Y., T.X., F.Y., Z.-H.W., M.L., X.-L.G., B.-J.L., S.-J.W., X.-B.Z., S.-O.H., Y.-H.L., Z.-H.Z., X.C.), Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
² Obstetrics and Gynecology (H.-B.W.), Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; biomarkers; heart injuries; hospital mortality; patient outcome assessment; troponin I.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Betacoronavirus*
Biomarkers / blood
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / blood*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / mortality*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitalization / trends*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mortality / trends
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / blood*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality*
Predictive Value of Tests
SARS-CoV-2
Troponin I / blood*

Substances

Biomarkers
Troponin I