title: Incidence, predictors, and clinical significance of troponin-I elevation without creatine kinase elevation following percutaneous coronary interventions.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to investigate the incidence, predictors, and clinical significance of isolated postprocedural troponin-I elevations in a consecutive series of patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention. We observed, in a series of 1,128 patients, that isolated troponin-I elevations without concomitant creatine kinase elevations occurred in 17% of patients after percutaneous coronary intervention, and that even troponin-I elevations 5 times above the upper limit of normal did not predict events after hospital discharge.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. natarajm@ccc.mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Madhu K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kreatsoulas
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Velianou
authors.forename: Shamir R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pericak
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Goodhart
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019210:Troponin I; D003402:Creatine Kinase