Cardiac biomarkers for screening and prognostication of cardiac dysfunction in critically ill patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aimed to assess the use of high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTNT) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in screening for cardiac dysfunction [left ventricular (LV) systolic or diastolic dysfunction or right ventricular (RV) dysfunction] in mixed intensive care unit (ICU) patients and establish whether these biomarkers are independently associated with an increased risk of death.

Methods

We performed a secondary analysis of a single-centre prospective observational study in which consecutive ICU patients were examined with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and cardiac biomarkers. Patients with systolic or diastolic LV dysfunction, RV dysfunction or a combination of these were compared with patients with normal cardiac function. Sensitivity a

SUBMITTER: Cavefors O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11631294 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature