Long-term outcome of patients presenting with myocardial injury or myocardial infarction

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  Fig. 1. Course of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T at baseline (0 h), after 1 h, and 3 h stratified by final diagnosis according to the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. The y-axis shows the absolute concentration on a log-transformed scale. The group “others” gathers patients with final diagnoses not involving any elevation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T, including stable angina pectoris, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac non-coronary chest pain, and non-cardiac chest pain. NSTEMI—non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI—ST-elevation myocardial infarction

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  Fig. 2. Kaplan–Meier plots are shown for the entire study population stratified by the final diagnoses for all-cause mortality (A) and a cardiovascular composite endpoint (B), including cardiovascular death, incidental acute myocardial infarction, or unplanned revascularization. Statistical comparison was performed using log-rank test. The group “others” gathers patients with final diagnoses not involving any elevation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T, including stable angina pectoris, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac non-coronary chest pain, and non-cardiac chest pain

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  Fig. 3. Results of Cox-regression analyses investigating the risk for all-cause mortality (A) or a cardiovascular composite endpoint (B) for the final diagnoses according to the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction during long-term follow-up. Adjustment was made for age, sex, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, hyperlipoproteinemia, a family history of coronary artery disease, history of stroke, known congestive heart failure, and chronic kidney disease (defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] < 60 ml/min). The group “others” gathers patients with final diagnoses not involving any elevation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T, including stable angina pectoris, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac non-coronary chest pain, and non-cardiac chest pain

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  Fig. 4. Kaplan–Meier plots are shown for the sub-groups of chronic myocardial injury (A) and acute myocardial injury (B) investigating a composite cardiovascular endpoint (including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, or unplanned revascularization). Patients are stratified by a history of coronary artery disease at baseline. Group comparison was performed using log-rank test