May 25, 2013Circulation252 citationsOpen Access
View Full PaperGood Prognosis for Pericarditis With and Without Myocardial Involvement
Structured PICO
Is troponin elevation a negative prognostic marker in myopericardial inflammatory syndromes?
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Population
Patients with myopericardial inflammatory syndromes (pericarditis with and without myocardial involvement)
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Outcome
Prognosis/outcome
Troponin elevation does not portend a worse prognosis in myopericardial inflammatory syndromes, unlike in acute coronary syndromes.
Abstract
The outcome of myopericardial inflammatory syndromes is good. Unlike acute coronary syndromes, troponin elevation is not a negative prognostic marker in this setting.