Are cardiac troponin T concentrations measured with a highly sensitive assay associated with cardiovascular death, heart failure, or myocardial infarction in patients with stable coronary artery disease?
Highly sensitive cardiac troponin T is a significant prognostic marker for cardiovascular death and heart failure in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
After adjustment for other independent prognostic indicators, cardiac troponin T concentrations as measured with a highly sensitive assay were significantly associated with the incidence of cardiovascular death and heart failure but not with myocardial infarction in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
Omland et al. (2009) studied this question.