Research Article
Can We Exclude the Diagnosis of Non-ST Segment Myocardial Infarction on the Basis of a Single Troponin I and a Symptom Duration ≥8 Hours?
Table 5
Elevations of troponin in the absence of acute myocardial ischemia.
| Cardiac trauma—for example, contusion and post-surgical trauma | Congestive heart failure | Pulmonary embolism | Chronic kidney disease | Severe sepsis | Large burns with or without rhabdomyolysis | Acute stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage | Cardiac infiltrative disease (e.g., amyloidosis, hemochromatosis, and sarcoidosis) | Cardiac inflammatory disease (e.g., myocarditis and pericarditis) | Aortic dissection of valve disease | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Cardiac dysrhythmia |
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