Prognostic significance of troponin elevation and right ventricular enlargement in acute pulmonary embolism

Tudor Scridon; Cristiana Scridon; Hicham Skali; Alberto Alvarez; Samuel Z Goldhaber; Scott D Solomon

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.062

Prognostic significance of troponin elevation and right ventricular enlargement in acute pulmonary embolism

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 15;96(2):303-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.062.

Authors

Tudor Scridon¹, Cristiana Scridon, Hicham Skali, Alberto Alvarez, Samuel Z Goldhaber, Scott D Solomon

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 16018861
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.062

Abstract

The troponin I values and echocardiographic data of 141 patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) were correlated with 30-day mortality. Patients with elevated troponin and right ventricular enlargement are at significantly greater risk for death after PE than patients with only 1 or with neither adverse prognostic marker.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Aged
Biomarkers / blood
Cause of Death*
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / blood*
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / mortality*
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Probability
Prognosis
Pulmonary Embolism / blood*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Embolism / mortality*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Survival Rate
Tomography, Spiral Computed
Troponin / blood*

Substances

Biomarkers
Troponin