Association of Troponin Trends and Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality After On-Pump Cardiac Surgery

Troponin changes from the first to the second postoperative day should not be interpreted without consideration of the first postoperative day troponin concentration. For patients with a first postoperative day troponin ≥ 0.8 μg/L, an increase by more than 10% from the first to the second postoperative day was significantly associated with all-cause, 12-month mortality and other adverse events.