HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN I ELEVATION WITH EXERCISE PREDICTS MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EVENTS IN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE PATIENTS

High sensitive cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) is a marker of myocardial necrosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) which increases with exercise stress testing in patients with ischemia. We hypothesized that an increase of hs-cTnI with exercise would predict adverse cardiac events