Ronnier J Aviles, Arman T Askari, Bertil Lindahl, Lars Wallentin, Gang Jia, E Magnus Ohman, Kenneth W Mahaffey, L Kristin Newby, Robert M Califf, Maarten L Simoons, Eric J Topol, Peter Berger, Michael S Lauer
BACKGROUND: Among patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes, cardiac troponin T levels have prognostic value. However, there is concern that renal dysfunction may impair the prognostic value, because cardiac troponin T may be cleared by the kidney. METHODS: We analyzed the outcomes in 7033 patients enrolled in the Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries IV trial who had complete base-line data on troponin T levels and creatinine clearance rates...
June 27, 2002: New England Journal of Medicine