Papel de la troponina i como biomarcador pronóstico en pacientes atendidos en los servicios de urgencias sin diagnóstico de síndrome coronario agudo

Identifier:  TDX:2548

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX2548

Authors:  Cediel Calderón, Germán Eduardo

Abstract:
Recently, the widespread use of troponin in emergency services has allowed its detection in patients who are not diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The aim of this thesis was to establish the prognostic value of an elevated troponin I (cTnI) in follow-up of patients admitted to the emergency department and without ACS, also studying, its prognostic value in patients discharged directly from the emergency department. We also aimed to identify patients with diagnosis of type 2 myocardial infarction and non-ischaemic myocardial injury and to compare their mortality and cardiovascular events at follow-up. In order to respond to these objectives, an observational and retrospective cohort study was carried out, including all patients admitted at the emergency department in the Hospital Universitario Joan XXIII, and who underwent at least one cTnI determination. We identified the demographic, clinical and analytical variables of the acute episode, as well as the electrocardiographic findings and the main cardiological explorations performed. We found that patients with high troponin levels and without ACS had higher rates of mortality than patients with ACS and patients with negative troponin. In addition, cTnI is an independent predictor associated with mortality in follow-up of patients discharged directly from the emergency department. Finally, a high percentage of patients admitted in the emergency department with high levels of cTnI meet diagnostic criteria for type 2 IM. Patients with a final diagnosis of type 2 myocardial infarction and non-ischemic myocardial injury have a comparable clinical profile, higher rates of mortality and lower readmission rates for ACS compared with patients with type 1 myocardial infarction.