Elevated high-sensitive cardiac troponin T in emergency department patients: insights from a retrospective descriptive cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-sensitive cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) assessments are routinely conducted in German emergency departments (EDs). However, data describing a large number of ED patients with pathological hs-cTnT levels and subsequent clinical outcomes are limited.

Methods

This retrospective descriptive analysis included 141.892 patients who presented to the interdisciplinary ED at Klinikum rechts der Isar in Munich, Germany, between January 2019 and December 2021. Patients with trauma diagnoses were excluded, focusing on those with elevated hs-cTnT levels. These patients were categorized into three groups based on the International Classification of Procedures in Medicine (ICPM): those with elevated hs-cTnT who received no coronary angiography (NCA), those who underwent diagn

SUBMITTER: Syryca F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11457446 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature