Usefulness of Elevated Troponin to Predict Death in Patients With COVID-19 and Myocardial Injury.

ABSTRACT: Elevations in troponin levels have been shown to predict mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The role of inflammation in myocardial injury remains unclear. We sought to determine the association of elevated troponin with mortality in a large, ethnically diverse population of patients hospitalized with COVID-19, and to determine the association of elevated inflammatory markers with increased troponin levels. We reviewed all patients admitted at our health system with COVID-19 from March 1 to April 27, 2020, who had a troponin assessment within 48 hours of admission. We used logistic regression to calculate odds ratios (ORs) for mortality during hospitalization, controlling for demographics, co-morbidities, and markers of inflammation. Of 11,159 patients hospitali

SUBMITTER: Majure DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7550867 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature