Clinical Presentation, Management and Outcome of Japanese Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Troponin Era – Japanese Registry of Acute Myocardial Infarction Diagnosed by Universal Definition (J-MINUET) –
Population
3,283 consecutive Japanese patients with acute myocardial infarction diagnosed by cardiac troponin-based…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
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Discussion
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Implication
May identify lower-risk NSTEMI by absent CK elevation; leaves open whether CK refines troponin-based stratification in prospective cohorts.
Structured PICO
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Population
3,283 consecutive Japanese patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) diagnosed by cardiac troponin (cTn)-based criteria, admitted within 48 h of symptom onset.
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Outcome
In-hospital mortalityhard clinical
Patients diagnosed with NSTEMI by troponin criteria but without CK elevation have significantly lower in-hospital mortality compared to those with STEMI or NSTEMI with CK elevation.
Cite This Study
Ishihara et al. (2015) studied this question.