Table S4.
Causes of Hypertroponinaemia
| Causes | |
|---|---|
| Cardiac (coronary artery) | Myocardial infarction |
| Coronary artery vasospasm | |
| Coronary artery dissection | |
| Aortic dissection with coronary extension | |
| Post-percutaneous coronary intervention | |
| Cardiac (noncoronary artery) | Tachyarrhythmias (e.g. atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia) |
| Myocarditis/myopericarditis | |
| Cardiomyopathies | |
| Infective endocarditis | |
| Infiltrative cardiac disease (e.g. amyloidosis, sarcoidosis) Heart failure (acute, chronic) | |
| Hypertensive crises | |
| Chest trauma/cardiac contusions | |
| Cardiac procedures (e.g. CPR, defibrillation, transvenous pacing, ablation procedures, cardiothoracic surgery) | |
| Cardiotoxins (e.g. anthracyclines, herceptin, recreational drugs such as cocaine) | |
| Non-cardiac | Anaemia |
| Sepsis | |
| VJCUOIO Critical illness | |
| Viral infection (e.g. influenza infection) | |
| Pulmonary embolism | |
| Pulmonary hypertension | |
| Acute respiratory distress syndrome | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation Renal impairment (acute, chronic) | |
| Stroke | |
| Subarachnoid haemorrhage | |
| Seizures | |
| Strenuous exercise | |
| Rhabdomyolysis | |
| Burns | |
| False positives | Heterophile antibodies |
| Positive rheumatoid factor | |
| Elevated alkaline phosphatase | |
| Presence of fibrin clots |