title: [Cardiac biomarkers in the critically ill].
abstract: Cardiac biomarkers in intensive care medicine are an excellent complement to existing clinical and diagnostic information in specific diseases. Due to their lack of specificity, the diagnostic properties of common cardiac biomarkers, such as natriuretic peptides and cardiac troponins, remain ambiguous, while their prognostic value has already been proven. In addition, there are several promising new biomarkers that might contribute to a "multimarker strategy" in the critically ill patient in the future, but further evaluation is still required.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I, Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Deutschland. sreith@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reith
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marx
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form / Q000097:blood; D016638:Critical Illness; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides / Q000097:blood; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D014336:Troponin / Q000097:blood; D019209:Troponin C / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides; D014336:Troponin; D019209:Troponin C; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D052279:Creatine Kinase, MB Form