Trends in Blood Pressure and High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin-T with Cardiovascular Disease: The Cardiovascular Health Study.

CONCLUSION: An increase in hs-cTnT over time is associated with a higher risk of CVD even when the blood pressure is stable or decreases over time.
PMID: 31232455 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Hypertension - June 20, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tehrani DM, Fan W, Nambi V, Gardin J, Hirsch CH, Amsterdam E, deFilippi CR, Polonsky T, Wong ND Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: research