Table 5.

Selected Nonthrombotic Causes of Troponin Elevation

Clinical Syndrome
Congestive heart failure
Drug toxicity
Hypertension
Hypotension
Renal failure
Sepsis
Hypothyroidism
Stress‐induced cardiomyopathy
Myocarditis/pericarditis
Post PCI without complication
Post CABG without complication
Pulmonary hypertension (severe)
Stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage
Rhabdomyolysis
Strenuous exercise
Transplant vasculopathy
Traumatic injury

CABG indicates coronary artery bypass graft surgery; PCI, percuatneous coronary intervention.

Adapted from Newby et al.⁶²