Prognostic significance of admission levels of troponin I in patients with acute ischaemic stroke

• Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 76; no. 1; pp. 76 - 81
• Main Authors: Di Angelantonio, E, Fiorelli, M, Toni, D, Sacchetti, M L, Lorenzano, S, Falcou, A, Ciarla, M V, Suppa, M, Bonanni, L, Bertazzoni, G, Aguglia, F, Argentino, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.01.2005; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Group
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Brain Ischemia - blood; Brain Ischemia - complications; cardiac troponin I; cardiac troponin T; Creatine Kinase - blood; Creatine Kinase, MB Form; cTnI; cTnT; Edema; Electrocardiography; Emergency medical care; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Diseases - diagnosis; Heart Diseases - etiology; Heart failure; Humans; ischaemic stroke; Ischemia; Isoenzymes - blood; Male; Medical prognosis; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Morphology; Mortality; Multiple sclerosis and variants. Guillain barré syndrome and other inflammatory polyneuropathies. Leukoencephalitis; myocardial infarction; Myoglobin - blood; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; Neurology; NIHSS; Patient Admission; Patients; Pneumonia; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Stroke; Stroke - blood; Stroke - etiology; stroke unit; troponin I; Troponin I - blood; Variance analysis; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Vascular disease; Human; Stroke; Nervous system diseases; Prognosis; Ischemia; Troponin I; Central nervous system disease; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Cerebral disorder

Objectives: Successful prediction of cardiac complications early in the course of acute ischaemic stroke could have an impact on the clinical management. Markers of myocardial injury on admission deserve investigation as potential predictors of poor outcome from stroke. Methods: We prospectively inv...