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01.04.2013 | Poster presentation
Myocardial injury in critically ill patients admitted with noncardiac diagnoses
verfasst von:
J Lo, K Lei, I Webb, J Coutts, J Chambers, A Griffiths, J Smith, E Connell, P Collinson, J Peacock, D Treacher, M Ostermann
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Sonderheft 2/2013
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Excerpt
In the critically ill, the incidence of raised cardiac troponin T (cTnT) levels is high. Although the mechanisms of myocardial injury are not well understood, raised cTnT levels are associated with increased mortality. The aim of our study was to determine the incidence, prevalence and outcome of silent myocardial injury as determined by raised cTnT levels and concomitant ECG changes in critically ill patients admitted for noncardiac reasons. …