Med Clin Barcelona
The most recent articles from:
February 2013
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Multicenter Study
[Prognostic value of troponin in patients with acute heart failure attended in Spanish Emergency Departments: TROPICA study (TROPonin in acute heart failure)].
To determine whether positive or negative troponin values determined in the Emergency Department (ED) in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) can predict short-term evolution (30-day intrahospitalary mortality and reconsultation at 30 days). ⋯ Troponin positivity in the ED in patients with AHF is independently associated with a greater intrahospitalary and 30-day mortality but not with a greater rate of reconsultation to the ED during the following 30 days. The availability of troponin analysis in all EDs makes its determination recommended in all patients with AHF to allow evaluation of early short-term prognosis.