[Troponin and periprocedural myocardial infarction: the "breadcrumb" or the "mad flight of Icarus"?]

Recenti Prog Med. 2013 Apr;104(4):141-4. doi: 10.1701/1271.14023.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Percutaneous coronary interventions cause frequently an increase in myocardial necrosis markers. Is troponin elevation after percutaneous coronary intervention a predictor of events at follow-up or a consequence of the procedure with no cause-effect relationship with prognosis? The debate is still open.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects
  • Biomarkers
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Myocardial Infarction / blood
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / mortality
  • Myocardial Infarction / pathology
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Necrosis
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / adverse effects*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Prognosis
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Troponin / blood*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Troponin