Peri-procedural Elevated Myocardial Biomarkers Predict Adverse Clinical Outcomes Following Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Comprehensive Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of 24 Prospective Studies with 44972 patients.

CONCLUSIONS: We found a positive dose-response relationship between isolated cardiac troponin I and CK-MB with all-cause mortality and elevated cardiac troponin I > 3x or CK-MB > 1x the 99th percentile URL was associated with the increased risk of mortality. PMID: 31829942 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research