Biomarker may be able to help predict risk of heart failure, cardiovascular death
Monday, November 15, 2010 - 10:31
in Health & Medicine
Certain measures of the blood biomarker cardiac troponin T (cTnT), a cardiac-specific protein, using a highly sensitive test, are associated with the development of heart failure or cardiovascular death in older adults, according to a study that will appear in the December 8 issue of JAMA. The study is being released early online because it will be presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting.