Fig. 1.
Patterns of variations described by medians over time from Day 1 to Day 14 for the outcome cardiac troponin T and biomarkers of inflammation and ventricular strain in four groups.
The daily median values of CRP, IL-6, PCT, NT-proBNP, and cTnT in their original units were graphically displayed to illustrate the variations of each biomarker over time in each of the four groups. NT-proBNP was scaled down for the graph by dividing it by 100 to allow the presentation on the same scale as other parameters. CRP indicates C-reactive protein; cTnT, cardiac troponin T; IL-6, interleukin-6; MI, myocardial infarction; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide; PCT, procalcitonin.