Elevated High-Sensitivity Troponin I in the Stabilized Phase after an Acute Coronary Syndrome Predicts All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in a Highly Admixed Population: A 7-Year Cohort

Abstract Background: High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) has played an important role in the risk stratification of patients during the in-hospital phase of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but few studies have determined its role as a long-term prognostic marker in the outpatient setting....

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Main Authors: Leandro Teixeira de Castro, Itamar de Souza Santos, Alessandra C. Goulart, Alexandre da Costa Pereira, Henrique Lane Staniak, Marcio Sommer Bittencourt, Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Isabela Martins Bensenor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2019-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2019005022104&lng=en&tlng=en