Journal article
High sensitivity troponin T concentrations in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: A prospective cohort study
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the proportion of noncardiac surgery patients exceeding the published 99th percentile or change criteria with the high sensitivity Troponin T (hs-TnT) assay.
DESIGN AND METHODS: We measured hs-TnT preoperatively and postoperatively on days 1, 2 and 3 in 325 adults.
Authors
Kavsak PA; Walsh M; Srinathan S; Thorlacius L; Buse GL; Botto F; Pettit S; McQueen MJ; Hill SA; Thomas S
Journal
Clinical Biochemistry, Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 1021–1024
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.05.017
ISSN
0009-9120