TY - JOUR
AU - Rozenman, Yoseph
AB - Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol (2011) 21:243–249 DOI 10.1007/s00590-010-0696-3 O R I G IN AL ARTI CL E Cardiac troponin T: an important predictor of late death and myocardial infarction following hip fracture: an eight-year prospective observational cohort study • • Alexander Izhaki Yuri Slesarenko • • Mona Boaz Yaron Haimovich Yoseph Rozenman Received: 6 April 2010 / Accepted: 11 September 2010 / Published online: 8 October 2010 Springer-Verlag 2010 Abstract CHF, adTnT emerged as a significant independent pre- Background Cardiac troponin is an accurate marker of dictor of death (HR = 1.07, 1.02–1.12 95% CI P = 0.01). minimal myocardial injury and has been shown to predict Late myocardial infarction (MI) observed in 13 patients at adverse outcomes in various non-acute coronary disease 1,314 ± 659 days was predicted by peak TnT (HR = 1.3, settings. Patients with hip fracture (HF), an osteoporotic, CI 1.06–1.57, P = 0.027). mostly octogenarian population, are prone to sustain Conclusions Myocardial injury as evidenced by elevated myocardial injury through both peri-fracture stress and TnT levels was observed in 1/3 of our patients with HF. TnT subsequent surgery (osteosynthesis or hemiarthroplasty). elevation, mostly observed on admission, reflected peri-frac- Objective To assess the frequency 
TI - Cardiac troponin T: an important predictor of late death and myocardial infarction following hip fracture: an eight-year prospective observational cohort study
JF - European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology
DO - 10.1007/s00590-010-0696-3
DA - 2010-10-08
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/cardiac-troponin-t-an-important-predictor-of-late-death-and-myocardial-0y0xiWV0Dy
SP - 243
EP - 249
VL - 21
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -