TY - JOUR
T1 - High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T increases after stress echocardiography
AU - Samaha, Eslam
AU - Brown, Jamie
AU - Brown, Frank
AU - Martinez, Sara C.
AU - Scott, Mitchell
AU - Jaffe, Allan S.
AU - Davila-Roman, Victor G.
AU - Nagele, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Introduction: Exercise (ESE) and dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) have high sensitivity and specificity to detect inducible myocardial ischemia in patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD). High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays detect troponin concentrations in the ng/L range. The aim of this study was to determine the kinetics of hs-cTnT in patients undergoing ESE and DSE and possible association of hs-cTnT with inducible myocardial ischemia. Methods: In this prospective study adult patients undergoing ESE/DSE were enrolled. Peripheral blood samples were obtained before, and 30 min, 1, 2, and 4–6 h after completion of ESE/DSE. Hs-cTnT was measured on a Roche Diagnostics Elecsys 2010 analyzer. Results: We enrolled 48 patients (33 ESE and 15 DSE); 11 patients (23%) had elevated baseline hs-cTnT concentrations >14 ng/L (99th percentile URL); 31/48 (65%) developed an hs-cTnT increase after ESE/DSE (peak 4–6 h post stress test), but only three patients (all in ESE group) had a positive stress test. Absolute and relative hs-cTnT increases were higher after DSE (median Δhs-cTnT +9.7 ng/L [IQR 4.5, 27.2]; +123% [IQR 49, 271]) compared to ESE (median Δhs-cTnT +2.3 ng/L [IQR 1, 4.9]; +37% [IQR 9.1, 221]). Conclusions: One in four patients undergoing ESE/DSE had increased hs-cTnT values prior to stress testing. Hs-cTnT increased above the upper limit of normal occurred commonly after ESE/DSE but was more pronounced after DSE. Increases in hs-cTn did not appear to be associated with inducible myocardial ischemia. These findings may have important implications for the clinical use of hs-cTnT within 6 h after ESE/DSE.
AB - Introduction: Exercise (ESE) and dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) have high sensitivity and specificity to detect inducible myocardial ischemia in patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD). High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays detect troponin concentrations in the ng/L range. The aim of this study was to determine the kinetics of hs-cTnT in patients undergoing ESE and DSE and possible association of hs-cTnT with inducible myocardial ischemia. Methods: In this prospective study adult patients undergoing ESE/DSE were enrolled. Peripheral blood samples were obtained before, and 30 min, 1, 2, and 4–6 h after completion of ESE/DSE. Hs-cTnT was measured on a Roche Diagnostics Elecsys 2010 analyzer. Results: We enrolled 48 patients (33 ESE and 15 DSE); 11 patients (23%) had elevated baseline hs-cTnT concentrations >14 ng/L (99th percentile URL); 31/48 (65%) developed an hs-cTnT increase after ESE/DSE (peak 4–6 h post stress test), but only three patients (all in ESE group) had a positive stress test. Absolute and relative hs-cTnT increases were higher after DSE (median Δhs-cTnT +9.7 ng/L [IQR 4.5, 27.2]; +123% [IQR 49, 271]) compared to ESE (median Δhs-cTnT +2.3 ng/L [IQR 1, 4.9]; +37% [IQR 9.1, 221]). Conclusions: One in four patients undergoing ESE/DSE had increased hs-cTnT values prior to stress testing. Hs-cTnT increased above the upper limit of normal occurred commonly after ESE/DSE but was more pronounced after DSE. Increases in hs-cTn did not appear to be associated with inducible myocardial ischemia. These findings may have important implications for the clinical use of hs-cTnT within 6 h after ESE/DSE.
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T
KW - Myocardial ischemia
KW - Stress echocardiography
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.11.013
DO - 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.11.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 30502318
AN - SCOPUS:85057424087
SN - 0009-9120
VL - 63
SP - 18
EP - 23
JO - Clinical Biochemistry
JF - Clinical Biochemistry
ER -