Serial high sensitivity troponin sampling in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

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INTRODUCTION: Multiple studies have investigated the role of cardiac troponin (cTn) in the risk stratification of patients with COVID-19. Most of these investigations are based on cTn values at presentation and do not consider the prognostic significance of cTn changes over time. This study aimed to investigate the prognostic role of serial cTn measurements in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 with samples that were not obtained for clinical indications.

METHODS: Patients hospitalized between April 2020 and March 2021 with PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were evaluated. Blood samples collected for any reason were stored for subsequent analysis. If clinical high sensitivity hs-cTnT (Roche) was not measured, samples were tested separately in batches. Hs-cTnI (Abbott) was also evaluated.

RESULTS: There were 228 unique patients. There were 21 (9.2 %) deaths. No patient with a low hs-cTnT (<6 ng/L) died and 1 patient with low hs-cTnI (<5 ng/L) died. Myocardial injury was associated with higher odds of death, when defined by hs-cTnT (OR: 7.88, 95 % CI: 2.04-30.40, p = 0.003) or hs-cTnI (OR: 7.46, 95 % CI: 2.68-20.77, p < 0.001). This association remained after propensity weighting. An increasing pattern was associated with higher odds of death compared to a stable pattern for hs-cTnT (OR: 5.45, 95 % CI: 1.81-16.40, p = 0.003) and hs-cTnI (OR: 4.49, 95 % CI: 1.02-19.81, p = 0.048). Among patients with myocardial injury defined by hs-cTnT, an increasing pattern was associated with higher odds of death compared to a decreasing pattern (OR: 4.80, 95 % CI: 1.16-19.97, p = 0.031).

CONCLUSIONS: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 with myocardial injury have higher odds of death. Serial hs-cTn testing provides additional risk stratification in these patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:125

Enthalten in:

Clinical biochemistry - 125(2024) vom: 15. März, Seite 110732

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lobo, Ronstan [VerfasserIn]
De Michieli, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Spears, Grant M [VerfasserIn]
Theel, Elitza S [VerfasserIn]
Donato, Leslie J [VerfasserIn]
Wockenfus, Amy M [VerfasserIn]
Kelley, Brandon R [VerfasserIn]
Jaffe, Allan S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Journal Article
Troponin I
Troponin T

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Date Completed 05.03.2024

Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110732

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NLM36855001X