Letter in response to "Use of preoperative cardiac troponin T to identify patients at risk for acute myocardial infraction and long-term mortality after major noncardiac surgery"

Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Electronic address: nagelep@wustl.edu.
² Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
⁵ Mayo Clinic and Medical School Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, MN; Division of Core Clinical Laboratory Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Rochester, MN.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
⁷ Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.

Comment

Peter Nagele et al. Am Heart J. 2014 Feb.

. 2014 Feb;167(2):e7.

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.11.009. Epub 2013 Nov 23.

¹ Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO. Electronic address: nagelep@wustl.edu.
² Division of Clinical and Translational Research, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
⁵ Mayo Clinic and Medical School Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Rochester, MN; Division of Core Clinical Laboratory Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Rochester, MN.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN.
⁷ Division of General Medical Sciences, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO.

No abstract available

Comment on

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in prediction and diagnosis of myocardial infarction and long-term mortality after noncardiac surgery.
Nagele P, Brown F, Gage BF, Gibson DW, Miller JP, Jaffe AS, Apple FS, Scott MG. Nagele P, et al. Am Heart J. 2013 Aug;166(2):325-332.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.04.018. Epub 2013 Jun 24. Am Heart J. 2013. PMID: 23895816 Free PMC article.
Use of preoperative cardiac troponin T to identify patients at risk for acute myocardial infarction and long-term mortality after major noncardiac surgery.
Xue FS, Cheng Y, Li RP. Xue FS, et al. Am Heart J. 2014 Feb;167(2):e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.10.016. Epub 2013 Oct 30. Am Heart J. 2014. PMID: 24439991 No abstract available.