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increased stepwise and significantly from the lower to the higher hs-TnT quartile &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>A&#41;&#46; This finding &#40;and even with a difference of greater magnitude&#41; was observed for the AHF readmissions &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>B&#41;&#44; as well as for total mortality &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>&#41;&#46; High hs-TnT values were also associated with the risk of cardiovascular death &#40;log-rank test&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#60;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;001&#41; and with HF &#40;log-rank test&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>001&#41;&#46; In the multivariate analysis&#44; these differences remained significant&#44; such that log-hs-TnT was directly and independently associated with an increased risk of readmissions&#44; both for all causes and for HF &#40;IRR&#44; 1&#46;16&#59; 95&#37; CI 1&#46;01&#8211;1&#46;36&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;029 and IRR&#44; 1&#46;23&#59; 95&#37; CI 1&#46;04&#8211;1&#46;46&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>018&#59; respectively&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">By assessing the risk of readmission for all causes attributable to TnT-Q&#44; with regard to those patients belonging to the lower quartile &#40;&#8804;22<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;mL&#41;&#44; we observed a progressive increase in the risk from TnT-Q2 to TnT-Q4&#44; although of moderate magnitude &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig&#46; 3</a>A&#41;&#46; When we analyzed the association between TnT-Q and the risk of readmission specifically for HF&#44; we observed an increased intensity of this association&#44; with a striking increase in the risk for those patients belonging to TnT-Q3 and TnT-Q4 &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig&#46; 3</a>B&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0015"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In terms of readmissions for all causes&#44; there were no differences in the prognostic value of hs-TnT between patients with HF and depressed systolic function &#40;LVEF &#60;50&#37;&#41; and those with preserved function &#40;LVEF &#8805;50&#37;&#41; &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>110 for the interaction&#41;&#46; However&#44; when assessing the risk of readmissions for HF&#44; we did observe a significant interaction between LVEF and hs-TnT &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>029 for the interaction&#41;&#46; The association between hs-TnT values and readmissions for HF was more significant for the patient subgroup with depressed systolic function &#40;IRR&#44; 1&#46;61&#44; 95&#37; CI&#44; 1&#46;21&#8211;2&#46;17&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>001&#41; than for those with preserved systolic function &#40;IRR&#44; 1&#46;09&#59; 95&#37; CI 0&#46;89&#8211;1&#46;33&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>400&#41;&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0115">Discussion</span><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The present study confirms that patients with AHF have high hs-TnT values&#44; which are associated with an increased risk of mortality&#44; and broadens our understanding of the value of this biomarker as a predictor of morbidity&#46; In particular&#44; the study shows that hs-TnT values&#44; determined during the admission of unselected patients with AHF&#44; are directly and independently associated with the risk of recurrent hospitalizations during follow-up&#46;</p><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">It is well known that&#44; after hospitalization for HF&#44; the rate of subsequent readmissions continuous to be high&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0175"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#8211;3</span></a> The natural history of a patient with HF is characterized by numerous episodes of decompensation&#44; which frequently cause recurrent hospitalizations&#44; which in turn result in a significant loss of quality of life&#44; increased consumption of healthcare resources and lower survival&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0190"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#8211;6</span></a> The prognostic effect of a certain clinical profile or therapeutic strategy has classically been evaluated as the time until the first event&#44; largely ignoring the adverse events that subsequently occur in the outcomes of patients with HF&#46; To more accurately profile the burden of HF-associated morbidity&#44; we consider &#40;as have other authors&#41; that the assessment of the natural history of a patient with HF should include all adverse episodes of rehospitalization during the follow-up&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0205"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;22</span></a> Although the experience in implementing this methodology is still scarce&#44; it has been employed in the post hoc analysis of various clinical trials on HF &#40;e&#46;g&#46;&#44; the Candesartan in Heart Failure-Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity trial<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0270"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a>&#59; the Controlled Rosuvastatin Multinational Trial in Heart Failure<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0275"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21</span></a>&#59; the Systolic Heart failure treatment with the If inhibitor Ivabradine Trial<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0285"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a>&#59; and Eplerenone in Mild Patients Hospitalization and Survival Study in Heart Failure trial<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0290"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a>&#41; and is defined as a primary assessment criterion in studies that are currently underway such as the Efficacy and Safety of LCZ696 Compared to Valsartan&#44; on Morbidity and Mortality in Heart Failure Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction trial&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0295"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25</span></a></p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Troponin is a biomarker of myocardial damage that has been classically employed for the diagnosis of AMI and the prognostic stratification of patients with acute ischemic heart disease&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0210"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> However&#44; high troponin levels are commonly observed in patients with AHF and in patients with chronic HF&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> This situation is even most frequent when high-sensitivity reagents are employed&#44; such as hs-TnT&#46; For example&#44; in the Efficacy and Safety of Relaxin for the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure &#40;RELAX-AHF&#41; study&#44; 90&#37; of the included patients showed hs-TnT values above the reference 99 percentile&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> a result that was comparable to our study&#46;</p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The mechanisms responsible for the increase in troponin levels in patients with HF are controversial and include subendocardial ischemia and the consequent cell necrosis&#44; cytokine-mediated cardiomyocyte damage and oxidative stress&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0215"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;26&#8211;28</span></a> An interesting pathophysiological hypothesis holds that the increase in troponin levels in HF reflects the phenomena of cardiac contractile protein proteolysis&#44; which could be triggered by parietal stress&#44; oxidative stress&#44; neurohormonal activation or microvascular ischemia&#44; all of which are phenomena that are typically present in HF&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0315"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29</span></a> The phenomena of apoptosis have been reported in patients with HF&#44; but it has not been clearly established that the phenomena provoke the release of troponin&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">30</span></a> In short&#44; the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the increase in hs-TnT levels in AHF are still largely unknown&#46; Additional experimental studies would likely be necessary to better understand the underlying mechanisms responsible for the presence of high troponin levels in HF&#46;</p><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although there is considerable heterogeneity among the various studies that have evaluated the prognostic role of troponin in HF &#40;for the various reagents evaluated&#44; the timing of their measurement and the clinical profile of the analyzed population&#41;&#44; there is broad consensus that high troponin levels are associated with an increased risk of mortality for patients with AHF&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0220"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10&#8211;18</span></a> For example&#44; a recent analysis of the RELAX-AHF study showed that both the baseline values and the changes in hs-TnT during the index hospitalization for AHF were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality at 180 days&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> Our results support and broaden the available evidence&#44; showing that hs-TnT levels are independently associated not only with mortality during follow-up but also with the burden of morbidity and readmissions&#46; Although several studies have already shown an association between the risk of a first readmission &#40;assessed as the time to the first event&#41; and troponin levels&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0220"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10&#44;13&#44;14&#44;17&#44;18</span></a> our study is the first to support the close association between plasma hs-TnT concentrations and the risk of repeated hospitalizations after an episode of AHF&#46; This association was significant both for all-cause readmissions and for HF decompensation and was mainly observed in the patient subgroup with depressed systolic function&#46;</p><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although not an objective assessed in this study&#44; troponin can have an additional prognostic value to other HF biomarkers&#46; In this series&#44; the prognostic value of hs-TnT was independent of NT-proBNP levels&#46; Vorovich et al&#46; assessed the usefulness of a panel of 9 biomarkers as predictors of readmission for cardiac causes in more than 1500 patients with stable HF&#44; obtaining the most significant association for BNP and TnI&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0325"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">31</span></a> Tentzeris et al&#46; obtained similar data in terms of the combined use of copeptin and TnT for predicting mortality and readmission for patients with chronic HF&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0330"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span></a> In 107 patients with AHF&#44; Pascual-Figal et al&#46; showed that hs-TnT&#44; NT-proBNP and ST-2 provide independent prognostic information for mortality and that the joint use of the 3 biomarkers helps optimize risk stratification in HF&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0250"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a></p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In this series&#44; we found a high prevalence of patients with renal failure &#40;43&#46;4&#37;&#41;&#46; There is controversy about the accuracy and interpretation of hs-TnT levels for diagnosing AMI in patients with kidney disease&#44; a situation in which the biomarker&#39;s cutoff points could be higher than for the general population&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0335"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">33</span></a> For patients with renal failure&#44; however&#44; the prognostic value of troponin does not appear to be affected by the use of high-sensitivity reagents&#46; In previous studies&#44; hs-TnT maintained its prognostic value&#44; and high values of the biomarker were predictors of HF progression and mortality in broad series of patients with chronic kidney disease&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0340"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">34</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0120">Study limitations</span><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The main study limitations are related to its single-center nature&#46; In addition&#44; although patients with a final diagnosis of AMI were excluded from the analysis &#40;as per the clinical practice guidelines<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0210"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;19</span></a>&#41;&#44; a systematic search was not conducted of the acute ischemic etiology in all patients with high hs-TnT levels&#46; Rather&#44; the search depended on the clinical suspicion of acute coronary syndrome by the physician responsible for the patient during the index hospitalization&#46; This clinical variability in patient care inherent in a study performed in the context of daily clinical practice precludes our safely ruling out the presence of patients with acute coronary syndrome&#46; A serial reading of hs-TnT levels in all included patients was not conducted&#44; which prevents us from knowing the most optimal moment for their measurement or whether the serial measurements of the biomarker could have an additional predictive value&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0125">Future perspectives</span><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The data suggest that measuring hs-TnT levels should be incorporated into the available tools for the risk stratification of patients with AHF&#46; In addition to the already known value of hs-TnT levels as a predictor of mortality&#44; this study confirmed its usefulness in predicting recurrent hospitalizations during these patients&#8217; follow-up&#46; Future studies should clarify whether measures such as treatment intensification&#44; the search for new therapeutic strategies and a closer follow-up of patients with increased hs-TnT levels will have an effect on improving the prognosis&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0130">Funding</span><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This study was funded in part by grants from the Carlos III Health Institute and from <span class="elsevierStyleGrantSponsor" id="gs1">FEDER</span>&#44; Cardiovascular Research network&#44; Program 7 &#40;RD12&#47;0042&#47;0010&#41; and PIE15&#47;00013&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0075" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0135">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest&#46;</p></span></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Objectives</span><p id="spar0005" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">High-sensitivity troponin is a biomarker of myocardial damage and is associated with a greater risk of mortality and disease progression in patients with acute heart failure &#40;AHF&#41;&#46; However&#44; its relationship with the risk of future readmissions is less known&#46; The aim of this study was to assess the association between ultrasensitive troponin T &#40;TnT-us&#41; values in patients with AHF and the risk of recurrent readmissions in the follow-up&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Methods</span><p id="spar0010" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">We prospectively included a cohort of 621 consecutive patients with AHF&#44; excluding those patients with acute coronary syndrome&#46; We measured the TnT-us levels obtained during the first medical contact in the emergency department&#46; The risk of cumulative readmissions was assessed using negative binomial regression&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Results</span><p id="spar0015" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">The mean age of the participants was 73&#46;6<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>10&#46;8 years&#44; 54&#46;6&#37; were men&#44; and 52&#37; had a left ventricular systolic function &#8805;50&#37;&#46; The median TnT-us level was 35&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;mL &#40;interquartile range &#91;IQR&#93;&#44; 22&#8211;67&#41;&#46; After a median follow-up of 1&#46;2 years &#40;IQR&#44; 0&#46;4&#8211;2&#46;4&#41;&#44; a total of 153 deaths &#40;24&#46;6&#37;&#41; were recorded&#44; as well as 689 readmissions for all causes in 303 patients &#40;48&#46;8&#37;&#41; and 286 readmissions for HF in 163 patients &#40;26&#46;3&#37;&#41;&#46; In the multivariate analysis&#44; the high TnT-us values were associated with an increased risk of readmission&#44; both for all causes and for HF &#40;incidence rate ratio &#91;IRR&#93;&#44; 1&#46;16&#59; 95&#37; CI&#44; 1&#46;02&#8211;1&#46;36&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;029 and IRR&#44; 1&#46;23&#59; 95&#37; CI&#44; 1&#46;04&#8211;1&#46;46&#59; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">p</span><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#46;018&#44; respectively&#41;&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0025">Conclusions</span><p id="spar0020" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">For patients with AHF&#44; the increase in TnT-us levels was independently associated with a risk of recurrent readmissions during the follow-up&#46;</p></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Objetivos</span><p id="spar0025" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">La troponina de alta sensibilidad es un biomarcador de da&#241;o mioc&#225;rdico que se asocia a un mayor riesgo de mortalidad y progresi&#243;n de la enfermedad en pacientes con insuficiencia card&#237;aca aguda &#40;ICA&#41;&#46; Sin embargo&#44; su relaci&#243;n con el riesgo de futuras rehospitalizaciones es menos conocido&#46; El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la asociaci&#243;n entre los valores de troponina T ultrasensible &#40;TnT-us&#41; en pacientes con ICA y el riesgo de hospitalizaciones recurrentes en el seguimiento&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">M&#233;todos</span><p id="spar0030" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Se incluy&#243; prospectivamente una cohorte de 621 pacientes consecutivos con ICA&#44; excluy&#233;ndose pacientes con s&#237;ndrome coronario agudo&#46; Se determin&#243; la TnT-us obtenida en el primer contacto m&#233;dico en urgencias&#46; El riesgo de reingresos acumulados se evalu&#243; mediante regresi&#243;n binomial negativa&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Resultados</span><p id="spar0035" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">La edad media de los sujetos fue de 73&#46;6<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>10&#44;8 a&#241;os&#44; el 54&#44;6&#37; eran varones y el 52&#37; ten&#237;an una funci&#243;n sist&#243;lica ventricular izquierda &#8805;50&#37;&#46; La mediana de TnT-us fue de 35&#44;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>pg&#47;ml &#40;rango intercuart&#237;lico &#91;RI&#93;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>22&#8211;67&#41;&#46; Tras una mediana de seguimiento de 1&#44;2 a&#241;os &#40;RI&#61; 0&#44;4&#8211;2&#44;4&#41; se registraron 153 muertes &#40;24&#44;6&#37;&#41;&#44; 689 reingresos por todas las causas en 303 pacientes &#40;48&#44;8&#37;&#41;&#44; y 286 reingresos por IC en 163 pacientes &#40;26&#44;3&#37;&#41;&#46; En el an&#225;lisis multivariante&#44; los valores elevados de TnT-us se asociaron con un aumento del riesgo de reingreso&#44; tanto por todas las causas como por IC &#40;cociente de las tasas de incidencia &#91;IRR&#93; &#61;1&#44;16&#59; intervalo de confianza del 95&#37;&#44; 1&#44;02-1&#44;36&#59; p<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>0&#44;029&#59; IRR<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>1&#44;23&#59; intervalo de confianza del 95&#37;&#44; 1&#44;04-1&#44;46&#59; p&#61; 0&#44;018&#44; respectivamente&#41;&#46;</p></span> <span id="abst0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Conclusiones</span><p id="spar0040" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">En pacientes con ICA&#44; el aumento de los valores de TnT-us se asoci&#243; de manera independiente con el riesgo de hospitalizaciones recurrentes durante el seguimiento&#46;</p></span>"
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        "nota" => "<p class="elsevierStyleNotepara" id="npar0010">Please cite this article as&#58; Escribano D&#44; Santas E&#44; Mi&#241;ana G&#44; Mollar A&#44; Garc&#237;a-Blas S&#44; Valero E&#44; et al&#46; Troponina T de alta sensibilidad y riesgo de hospitalizaciones recurrentes tras un ingreso por insuficiencia card&#237;aca aguda&#46; Rev Clin Esp&#46; 2017&#59;217&#58;63&#8211;70&#46;</p>"
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;003&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td></tr><tr title="table-row"><td class="td-with-role" title="table-entry ; entry_with_role_rowhead " align="left" valign="top"><span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>COPD&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">n</span> &#40;&#37;&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">28 &#40;18&#46;1&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">33 &#40;21&#46;3&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">39 &#40;25&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">36 &#40;23&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="char" valign="top">&#46;196&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">17 &#40;11&#46;0&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">48 &#40;30&#46;9&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">58 &#40;37&#46;4&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">54 &#40;34&#46;6&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">51 &#40;32&#46;9&#41;&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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                  \t\t\t\t</td><td class="td" title="table-entry  " align="left" valign="top">11&#44;610<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>4226&nbsp;\t\t\t\t\t\t\n
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Pages 63-70 (March 2017)
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Vol. 217. Issue 2.
Pages 63-70 (March 2017)
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High-sensitivity troponin T and the risk of recurrent readmissions after hospitalization for acute heart failure
Troponina T de alta sensibilidad y riesgo de hospitalizaciones recurrentes tras un ingreso por insuficiencia cardíaca aguda
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D. Escribano, E. Santas, G. Miñana, A. Mollar, S. García-Blas, E. Valero, A. Payá, F.J. Chorro, J. Sanchis, J. Núñez
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Objectives

High-sensitivity troponin is a biomarker of myocardial damage and is associated with a greater risk of mortality and disease progression in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). However, its relationship with the risk of future readmissions is less known. The aim of this study was to assess the association between ultrasensitive troponin T (TnT-us) values in patients with AHF and the risk of recurrent readmissions in the follow-up.

Methods

We prospectively included a cohort of 621 consecutive patients with AHF, excluding those patients with acute coronary syndrome. We measured the TnT-us levels obtained during the first medical contact in the emergency department. The risk of cumulative readmissions was assessed using negative binomial regression.

Results

The mean age of the participants was 73.6±10.8 years, 54.6% were men, and 52% had a left ventricular systolic function ≥50%. The median TnT-us level was 35.5pg/mL (interquartile range [IQR], 22–67). After a median follow-up of 1.2 years (IQR, 0.4–2.4), a total of 153 deaths (24.6%) were recorded, as well as 689 readmissions for all causes in 303 patients (48.8%) and 286 readmissions for HF in 163 patients (26.3%). In the multivariate analysis, the high TnT-us values were associated with an increased risk of readmission, both for all causes and for HF (incidence rate ratio [IRR], 1.16; 95% CI, 1.02–1.36; p=.029 and IRR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.04–1.46; p=.018, respectively).

Conclusions

For patients with AHF, the increase in TnT-us levels was independently associated with a risk of recurrent readmissions during the follow-up.

Keywords:
Ultrasensitive troponin
Heart failure
Recurrent readmissions
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Objetivos

La troponina de alta sensibilidad es un biomarcador de daño miocárdico que se asocia a un mayor riesgo de mortalidad y progresión de la enfermedad en pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca aguda (ICA). Sin embargo, su relación con el riesgo de futuras rehospitalizaciones es menos conocido. El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la asociación entre los valores de troponina T ultrasensible (TnT-us) en pacientes con ICA y el riesgo de hospitalizaciones recurrentes en el seguimiento.

Métodos

Se incluyó prospectivamente una cohorte de 621 pacientes consecutivos con ICA, excluyéndose pacientes con síndrome coronario agudo. Se determinó la TnT-us obtenida en el primer contacto médico en urgencias. El riesgo de reingresos acumulados se evaluó mediante regresión binomial negativa.

Resultados

La edad media de los sujetos fue de 73.6±10,8 años, el 54,6% eran varones y el 52% tenían una función sistólica ventricular izquierda ≥50%. La mediana de TnT-us fue de 35,5pg/ml (rango intercuartílico [RI]=22–67). Tras una mediana de seguimiento de 1,2 años (RI= 0,4–2,4) se registraron 153 muertes (24,6%), 689 reingresos por todas las causas en 303 pacientes (48,8%), y 286 reingresos por IC en 163 pacientes (26,3%). En el análisis multivariante, los valores elevados de TnT-us se asociaron con un aumento del riesgo de reingreso, tanto por todas las causas como por IC (cociente de las tasas de incidencia [IRR] =1,16; intervalo de confianza del 95%, 1,02-1,36; p=0,029; IRR=1,23; intervalo de confianza del 95%, 1,04-1,46; p= 0,018, respectivamente).

Conclusiones

En pacientes con ICA, el aumento de los valores de TnT-us se asoció de manera independiente con el riesgo de hospitalizaciones recurrentes durante el seguimiento.

Palabras clave:
Troponina ultrasensible
Insuficiencia cardíaca
Hospitalizaciones recurrentes

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