Relationship Between Subclinical Cardiac Troponin I Elevation and Culprit Lesion Characteristics Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Abstract

The presence of subclinical cTnI elevation at admission was not uncommon and was associated with OCT-derived unstable plaque morphology in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention, and may help to identify patients with stable angina pectoris at high risk for periprocedural myocardial injury.