Leo Pölzl, Clemens Engler, Philipp Sterzinger, Ronja Lohmann, Felix Nägele, Jakob Hirsch, Michael Graber, Jonas Eder, Sebastian Reinstadler, Nikolay Sappler, Juliane Kilo, Ivan Tancevski, Sebastian Bachmann, Hannes Abfalterer, Elfriede Ruttmann-Ulmer, Hanno Ulmer, Andrea Griesmacher, Samuel Heuts, Matthias Thielmann, Axel Bauer, Michael Grimm, Nikolaos Bonaros, Johannes Holfeld, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü
BACKGROUND: The relevance of perioperative myocardial injury (PMI) after cardiac surgery for 30-day mortality and long-term survival remains to be determined. OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the association of PMI after cardiac surgery, reflected by postoperative troponin release, with 30-day mortality and long-term survival after: 1) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); 2) isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery; and 3) all other cardiac surgeries. METHODS: A consecutive cohort of 8,292 patients undergoing cardiac surgery with serial perioperative high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) measurements was retrospectively analyzed...
September 26, 2023: Journal of the American College of Cardiology