title: Clinical Inquiry: Elevated troponin but no CVD: what's the prognosis?
abstract: Patients with elevated troponin levels and chronic renal disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, or acute ischemic stroke have a 2- to 5-fold increased risk of death, even in the absence of known cardiovascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Care and Clinical Medicine, General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mantzouris
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gauer
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mackler
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020521:Stroke / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020107:Troponin T