Prognostic Significance of Troponin Elevation for Long-Term Mortality after Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Troponin, a marker of myocardial injury, frequently increases and is related with poor outcome in ischemic stroke patients. However, the long-term outcome of this elevation remains uncertain. We, therefore, investigated the prognostic significance of troponin elevation for long-term mortality, and explored factors affecting troponin elevation after ischemic stroke.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the medical data of stroke patients who were admitted within 24 hours of symptom onset and underwent a serum cardiac troponin I test at admission during a five-year period. Information on mortality as the outcome was obtained from the National Death Certificate system.

Results

A total of 1,692 patients were eligible for inclusion with 33 months of m

SUBMITTER: Ahn SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5647632 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature