Associations Between Cardiac Troponin, Mechanism of Myocardial Injury, and Long‐Term Mortality After Noncardiac Vascular Surgery

BackgroundThe time‐sensitive hazard of perioperative cardiac troponin T (cTnT) elevation and whether long‐term mortality differs by mechanism of myocardial injury are poorly understood. Methods and ResultsIn this observational study of 12 882 patients who underwent noncardiac vascular surgery, patie...

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Main Authors: Grant W. Reed, Samuel Horr, Laura Young, Joshua Clevenger, Umair Malik, Stephen G. Ellis, A. Michael Lincoff, Steven E. Nissen, Venu Menon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.005672