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April 2020; 10 (2) Research

Cerebral venous thrombosis

Associations between disease severity and cardiac markers

Michelle C. Johansen, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Victor C. Urrutia
First published May 17, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000670
Michelle C. Johansen
Department of Neurology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Rebecca F. Gottesman
Department of Neurology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Victor C. Urrutia
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Cerebral venous thrombosis
Associations between disease severity and cardiac markers
Michelle C. Johansen, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Victor C. Urrutia
Neurol Clin Pract Apr 2020, 10 (2) 115-121; DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000670

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Background Plasma cardiac troponin (cTn) elevation occurs in acute ischemic stroke and intracranial hemorrhage and can suggest a poor prognosis. Because acute cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) might lead to venous stasis, which could result in cardiac stress, it is important to evaluate whether cTn elevation occurs in patients with CVT.

Methods Inpatients at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 2005 to 2015 meeting the following criteria were included: CVT (ICD-9 codes with radiologic confirmation) and available admission electrocardiogram (ECG) and cTn level. In regression models, presence of ECG abnormalities and cTn elevation (>0.06 ng/mL) were evaluated as dependent variables in separate models, with location and severity of CVT involvement as independent variables, adjusted for age, sex, and hypertension.

Results Of 81 patients with CVST, 53 (66%) met the inclusion criteria. Participants were, on average, aged 42 years, white (71%), and female (66%). The left transverse sinus was most commonly thrombosed (47%), with 66% having >2 veins thrombosed. Twenty-two (41%) had cTn elevation. Odds of cTn elevation increased per each additional vein thrombosed (adjusted OR 2.79, 95% CI [1.08–7.23]). Of those with deep venous involvement, 37.5% had cTn elevation compared with 4.4% without deep clots (p = 0.02). Venous infarction (n = 15) was associated with a higher mean cTn (0.14 vs 0.02 ng/mL, p = 0.009) and was predictive of a higher cTn in adjusted models (β = 0.15, 95% CI [0.06–0.25]).

Conclusions In this single-center cohort study, markers of CVT severity were associated with increased odds of cTn elevation; further investigation is needed to elucidate causality and significance.

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  • Received December 10, 2018.
  • Accepted March 6, 2019.
  • © 2019 American Academy of Neurology
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