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Peak troponin T in STEMI: a predictor of all-cause mortality and left ventricular function

Natasha Khullar, A Buckley, Cormac O’Connor, Abdalla Ibrahim, Alsamawal Ibrahim, C Ahern, Ciara Cahill, Samer Arnous, Thomas J. Kiernan

Open Heart · 2022 · 19 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

In STEMI, those who died at 30 days and 1 year had significantly higher peak troponin levels than those who survived. Peak troponin is also inversely proportional to LVEF with higher troponins associated with lower LVEF.

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