We aim to examine, whether hospitalization is associated with higher high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) serum concentrations in patients without a cardiac disease.
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) values will be obtained in hospitalized patients a) without a diagnosed or suspected cardiac disease, and b) with an acute medical condition that is not commonly associated with an increase of hs-cTnT concentrations. As a reference, a second sampling of blood for an analysis of the hs-cTnT serum concentration will be obtained in the same patients after discharge (60 days after hospitalization).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
177
Analysis of the hs-cTnT serum concentration in the blood drawn at the day of hospitalization
Analysis of the hs-cTnT serum concentration in the blood drawn after discharge (60 days after hospitalization)
University of Leipzig Medical Center
Leipzig, Germany
Difference of the hs-cTnT concentration at hospitalization and after discharge
Time frame: 60 days
Difference of the hs-cTnT concentration at hospitalization and after discharge in acute medical conditions of low severity
Time frame: 60 days
Difference of the hs-cTnT concentration at hospitalization and after discharge in acute medical conditions of medium severity
Time frame: 60 days
Difference of the hs-cTnT concentration at hospitalization and after discharge in acute medical conditions of high severity
Time frame: 60 days
Prediction of 1-year-mortality by hs-cTnT concentration
Time frame: 1 year
Prediction of 1-year-hospitalization rate due to a cardiovascular disease by hs-cTnT concentration
Time frame: 1 year
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