Myocardial Injury

An AI decision support tool embedded in routine care did not meaningfully improve outcomes for patients presenting to the ED with myocardial injury, but showed signs of benefit in an all-comer cohort, a speaker reported.

Colchicine did not reduce risk for perioperative atrial fibrillation or myocardial injury vs. placebo after noncardiac chest surgery, but a speaker noted a slight trend toward protection from a composite of both outcomes.

Using data from two major studies, researchers identified higher distributions of N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide and high sensitivity cardiac troponin T in lower categories of eGFR among patients with chronic kidney disease.

Researchers in Brazil used cardiac MRI and ECG to identify evidence of myocardial injury as a result of acute Chagas disease, an infection considered endemic across countries in South America.

WASHINGTON — Aggressive intraoperative warming during major noncardiac surgery did not reduce myocardial injury, site infections, transfusion requirement or hospitalization stay vs. routine temperature management, a speaker reported.

The minimum high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I tied to 30-day death after cardiac surgery was found to be significantly greater than what is currently recommended to diagnose periprocedural myocardial injury, researchers reported.

Most pediatric patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome also had evidence of myocardial injury, but functional recovery was quick with no adverse coronary outcomes, researchers reported.

Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, myocardial injury as determined by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T was linked to mortality and ongoing COVID-19 symptoms, researchers reported.

Healio provided coverage of the European Society of Cardiology. Highlights from the meeting led the top stories in cardiology last week.

In a new study, myocardial injury was common among patients with suspected COVID-19, but the risk for death from myocardial injury was not higher with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis.