Troponin after Cardiac Surgery: A Predictor or a Phenomenon? Nahum Nesher, MD, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, MD, Steve K. Singh, MD, Jeri Y. Sever, MS, George T. Christakis, MD, Bernard S. Goldman, MD, Gideon N. Cohen, MD, PhD, Fuad Moussa, MD, Stephen E. Fremes, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 4, Pages 1348-1354 (April 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.077 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Receiver operating characteristic curves for all procedures (squares) and patients who had coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) only (circles), valve only (triangles), and combined CABG/valve procedures (asterisk). The point of maximal inflection, where troponin is most predictive of poor major adverse cardiovascular events is indicated on each line (all, CABG-only and vValve-only is 0.8 μg/L; combined, 1.3 μg/L). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 1348-1354DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.12.077) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions