We conducted a single-center retrospective analysis of 40 patients prospectively included. Median age was 66 years (59–76) and PESI score was 81 (67–100).
Right ventricular dysfunction was present in 30% of the patients and was associated with higher median troponin values (33.5 ng/L vs 16 ng/L; P= .03). A logarithmic relation was observed between hs-cTnT and lower TAPSE values (r2= 0.36; P< .0001). The area under the ROC curve of hs-cTnT to predict RV dysfunction was 0.77 (0.63–0.92).
hs-cTnT is a biomarker with good performance to identify RV dysfunction in PE.