Safety evaluation and postoperative outcomes
myocardial injury
In some centers, the cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is daily tested after cardiac surgery to diagnose myocardial injury. However, the cTnT is routinely tested in our hospital, and the cTnI was tested by self-purchasing kit (Xintong Medical Technology Co., LTD, Suzhou, China). Some studies had reported that cardiac troponin T (cTnT) at the postoperative 48 h impacted survival after cardiac surgery [