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Cardiac troponin T in chest pain unit patients without ischemic electrocardiographic changes: angiographic correlates and long-term clinical outcomes

^a Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Twelve-month life-table analysis plot for the combined end point of cardiac death, nonfatal MI and readmission for UA or congestive heart failure (CHF) in patients with a positive or negative cTnT test. The number (%) of events is reported in the inserted table.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Relation between cTnT and CK-MB at hospital admission and the occurrence of long-term adverse cardiac events (AE) in patients with chest pain but no ischemic ECG changes.

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals determined by multivariate Cox regression analysis for factors influencing the risk of long-term adverse cardiac events in a group of patients with chest pain but no ECG changes.