Sensitive cardiac troponin I predicts poor outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension


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Heresi G. A., Tang W. H. W., Aytekin M., Hammel J., Hazen S. L., Dweik R. A.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, cilt.39, sa.4, ss.939-944, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

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Circulating cardiac troponins are markers of myocardial injury. We sought to determine whether cardiac troponin I (cTnI), measured by a sensitive assay, is associated with disease severity and prognosis in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).