The role of routine postoperative troponin measurement in the diagnosis and management of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery

Anaesthesia. 2021 Jan;76(1):11-14. doi: 10.1111/anae.15045. Epub 2020 Apr 12.

Authors

V Sharma¹, D I Sessler², D J Hausenloy³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Signature Research Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, Duke-National University Singapore Medical School, Singapore and the Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, UK.

PMID: 32279323
DOI: 10.1111/anae.15045

No abstract available

Keywords: mortality; myocardial injury; non-cardiac surgery; pre-operative evaluation: myocardial injury; troponin.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Heart Injuries / blood
Heart Injuries / diagnosis*
Heart Injuries / therapy*
Humans
Postoperative Complications / blood
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / therapy*
Risk Assessment
Surgical Procedures, Operative*
Troponin / blood*

Substances

Troponin

Grants and funding

MC_G1002673/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom