Why the study?
Are high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels increased in patients with stable COPD compared to the general population?
Population
Patients with stable COPD and randomly drawn subjects from the general population
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May prompt cardiac evaluation in stable COPD; leaves open prognostic value and causality.
Are high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels increased in patients with stable COPD compared to the general population?
Stable COPD is associated with elevated hs-cTnT levels, which correlate with disease severity and immune activation.
Neukamm et al. (2013) studied this question.
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