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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jun 14;57(24):2398–2405. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.11.066

Table 3.

Absolute and relative changes in plasma cTnT levels in peripheral blood (as measured by the hs-cTnT assay) from baseline to 180-minutes following pacing-induced stress among the entire cohort and when stratified by presence of CAD and lactate release.

Entire cohort CAD− / lactate − CAD+ / lactate − p-
value
CAD+ / lactate + p-
value
Absolute ΔcTnT [median (25th,75th)], pg/mL 6.8 (3.4,9.1) 6.8 (6.2,8.7) 5.4 (3.3,9.1) 0.50 8.8 (3.4,20.8) 0.94
Relative fold ΔcTnT [median (25th,75th)] 2.3× (1.4×,4.2×) 5.2× (2.3×,6.8×) 2.0× (1.4×,3.3×) 1.7× (1.1×,3.8×)
≥2-fold increase [# of patients (%)] 11/19 (58) 4/5 (80) 4/7 (57) 3/7 (43)
≥3-fold increase [# of patients (%)] 7/19 (37) 3/5 (60) 2/7 (29) 2/7 (29)