High‐Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Recurrent Vascular Events After First Ischemic Stroke
Scheitz J, Lim J, Broersen L, Ganeshan R, Huo S, Sperber P, Piper S, Heuschmann P, Audebert H, Nolte C, Siegerink B, Endres M, Liman T. High‐Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and Recurrent Vascular Events After First Ischemic Stroke. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e018326. PMID: 33982599, PMCID: PMC8200699, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.018326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecurrent vascular eventsModerate ischemic strokeVascular eventsCardiac troponin TIschemic strokePrimary outcomeHs-cTnTCox proportional hazards regression analysisTroponin THigh-sensitivity cardiac troponin TProportional hazards regression analysisSensitivity cardiac troponin TFirst ischemic strokeCardiac troponin levelsHazards regression analysisHs-cTnT levelsIndividualized risk stratificationBackground Recent evidenceUpper reference limitDose-response relationshipCause deathRecurrent strokeTroponin levelsStudy entryVascular risk