Diagnostic utility of high-sensitive troponin T in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in the world. Early detection of coronary pathologies contributes to the prevention of acute coronary events. High-sensitive troponin T is a valuable biomarker for diagnosing and assessing these patients. A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed from January 2018 to December 2020 at Hospicor-Manta. We included 571 patients who attended the Intensive Care Unit and had at least one high-sensitive troponin T determination with symptoms in the first 6 hours. Analyzing from the upper reference limit (99th percentile, allows understanding and interpreting data from the values below which a certain percentage is found for cardiac troponins. Elderly male patients tended to suffer acute coronary syndrome (p<0.05). The most frequent comorbidities were: arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes (p< 0.05). There was evidence of the correlation between high-sensitive troponin T values and electrocardiographic signs of acute coronary syndrome (p<0.05). There was a moderate correlation between high-sensitive troponin T analysis and acute coronary syndrome (p< 0.05).