In message <BB1822732BFBD311995200A0C943866A10E825@RGHS8>, Dave Hullin
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>I have a supplementary inquiry to Jonathan Middle's question about troponin
>cut-offs which I would like to "piggy-back" on to his. Instinctively one
>feels that someone with say a troponin T just above the lower cut-off, for
>example 0.011 ug/L, has less risk of an adverse event in the next 30 days
>than someone with with a TnT at nearly the M.I. / high-risk threshold
>e.g.0.099 ug/L.
>
>Has anyone studied enough patients to have a meaningful estimate of the
>relative risks of having a troponin at different levels within the
>intermediate/minimal myocardial damage range ?
>
>Dr David Hullin
>Department of Clinical Biochemistry
>Royal Glamorgan Hospital
>Llantrisant
>Rhondda-Cynon-Taff
>Wales CF72 8XR
See
Lindahl B, Venge P, Wallentin L. Relation between troponin T and the risk of
subsequent cardiac events in unstable coronary artery disease. The FRISC study
group [see comments]. Circulation 1996;93:1651-7.
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Paul Collinson
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