Prevalence of increased cardiac troponin I levels in patients with and without acute pulmonary embolism and relation of increased cardiac troponin I levels with in-hospital mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jan 15;93(2):263-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.09.058.

Abstract

Cardiac troponin I levels were increased in 24 of 147 patients (16%) with documented acute pulmonary embolism and in 20 of 594 patients (3%) without pulmonary embolism (p <0.001). In patients with acute pulmonary embolisms, 8 of 24 (33%) with increased cardiac troponin I levels and 9 of 123 (7%) with normal cardiac troponin I levels died during hospitalization (p <0.001).

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prevalence
  • Pulmonary Embolism / blood*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism / mortality*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed
  • Troponin I / blood*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Troponin I