BACKGROUND: To evaluate the role of routine troponin surveillance in patients undergoing
major noncardiac surgery, unblinded screening with cardiac consultation per protocol was …

Elevated troponin levels within 3 days of surgery, independent of the presence of symptoms,
are strongly linked to increased risk of short-and long-term morbidity and mortality. However …

Myocardial injury is the most common cause of death during the 30 days after noncardiac
surgery. Only 14% of patients who are experiencing a perioperative myocardial infarction …

Background—To identify patients at risk for postoperative myocardial injury and death,
measuring cardiac troponin routinely after noncardiac surgery has been suggested. Such …

Background Consensus recommendations regarding the threshold levels of cardiac
troponin elevations for the definition of perioperative myocardial infarction and clinically …

Objective: Several studies suggest that cardiac troponin-I (cTn-I) is a more sensitive indicator
of cardiac injury compared with other biochemical markers of injury, but the strategy with the …

Background: Patients undergoing non-cardiac, non-vascular surgery are at risk of major
cardiovascular complications. In non-cardiac surgery, troponin elevation has previously …

Background: Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) was defined as
prognostically relevant myocardial injury due to ischemia that occurs during or within 30 …

Background Significant myocardial injury during cardiac surgery is associated with a 10-fold
increase in 2-year complication rates, yet there remains no clinical gold standard for …

Perhaps more impressively, release of cardiac troponin has become sensitive enough to act
as a barometer of the severity of illness unrelated to the heart. Patients with septicemia who …