Prognostic significance of troponin elevation and right ventricular enlargement in acute pulmonary embolism.
The troponin I values and echocardiographic data of 141 patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) were correlated with 30-day mortality. Patients with elevated troponin and right ventricular enlargement are at significantly greater risk for death after PE than patients with only 1 or with neither adverse prognostic marker.
Scridon
Tudor
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Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Scridon
Cristiana
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Skali
Hicham
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Alvarez
Alberto
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Goldhaber
Samuel Z
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Solomon
Scott D
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017380:Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015996:Survival Rate; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood*
D015415:Biomarkers; D014336:Troponin