Utility of cardiac troponin measurement after cardiac surgery (original) (raw)

2001, Clinica Chimica Acta

Postoperative cardiac failure due to myocardial necrosis remains a major complication in cardiac surgical procedures and its diagnosis is still difficult. In fact, cardiac enzymes, electrocardiogram and echographic signs are often misleading. The prognostic valve of troponin I after coronary artery bypass or conventional value surgery has been evaluated in 500 adult patients. Postoperative troponin I concentrations after cardiac surgery represent an independent variable associated with Ž . Ž . mortality in-hospital death and morbidity low cardiac output and acute renal failure . q