Troponin elevation reflects disease severity rather than cardiac injury or dysfunction in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 ARDS patients.
BACKGROUND Cardiac troponin elevation is common in severe COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). OBJECTIVES To examine the association of elevated troponin I (TnI) with cardiac function, disease severity, and survival in mechanically ventilated (MV) COVID-19 ARDS patients. METHODS We retrospective...