Incidence, predictors, and clinical significance of troponin-I elevation without creatine kinase elevation following percutaneous coronary interventions

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Mar 15;93(6):750-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.069.

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate the incidence, predictors, and clinical significance of isolated postprocedural troponin-I elevations in a consecutive series of patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. We observed, in a series of 1,128 patients, that isolated troponin-I elevations without concomitant creatine kinase elevations occurred in 17% of patients after percutaneous coronary intervention, and that even troponin-I elevations 5 times above the upper limit of normal did not predict events after hospital discharge.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Creatine Kinase / blood*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / blood*
  • Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / mortality*
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Ontario / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Period
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Survival Analysis
  • Troponin I / blood*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Troponin I
  • Creatine Kinase