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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL MC5040

(Email: jeevan@uchicago.edu).

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The authors [1] should be congratulated on a well-written article that evaluates the value of troponin T (TnT) elevation after cardiac surgery. They reviewed all patients undergoing cardiac surgery between 2002 and 2006. After excluding patients with recent myocardial infarction (< 30 days) and those having noncoronary artery bypass grafting along with or without valve surgery, there were 2,133 patients. There were 215 patients (10%) with incomplete data that were not included in the study. Using acceptable statistical analysis, the authors [1] conclude that levels of TnT > . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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