Prevalence of increased cardiac troponin I levels in patients with and without acute pulmonary embolism and relation of increased cardiac troponin I levels with in-hospital mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

Kiran Yalamanchili, Rishi Sukhija, Wilbert S. Aronow, Neeraj Sinha, Arlen G. Fleisher, Stuart G. Lehrman

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Abstract

Cardiac troponin I levels were increased in 24 of 147 patients (16%) with documented acute pulmonary embolism and in 20 of 594 patients (3%) without pulmonary embolism (p <0.001). In patients with acute pulmonary embolisms, 8 of 24 (33%) with increased cardiac troponin I levels and 9 of 123 (7%) with normal cardiac troponin I levels died during hospitalization (p <0.001).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)263-264
Number of pages2
JournalAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume93
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 15 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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