Prospective evaluation of the role of routine cardiac troponin T measurement to identify left ventricular ejection fraction < 40% after first myocardial infarction

• Published in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 559 - 560
• Main Authors: Rao, A C R, Collinson, P O, Rose, A J, John, C, Canepa-Anson, R, Joseph, S P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society 01.05.2003; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; Copyright 2003 by Heart
• Subjects: ACS; acute coronary syndrome; Acute coronary syndromes; acute myocardial infarction; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; AMI; area under the curve; AUC; cardiac troponin T; coefficient of variation; Confidence intervals; creatine kinase; cTnT; DGH; district general hospital; Female; Heart attacks; Heart diseases; Humans; impaired left ventricular function; left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEF; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology; receiver operator characteristic curve; ROC; Scientific Letters; Stroke Volume; Troponin T - analysis; Ultrasonic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; United States; United Kingdom > UK
• ISSN: 1355-6037; 1468-201X
• DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.5.559

METHODS Consecutive admissions to a typical UK district general hospital (DGH) with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and a final diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) had measurement of cTnT and LVEF performed. [...]their use in the estimation of infarct size (and hence LVEF) in patients receiving thrombolysis is limited.