Conclusions In patients with acute decompensated heart failure, a positive cardiac troponin test is associated with higher in-hospital mortality, independently of other predictive variables.

• 结论：在急性失代偿性心力衰竭患者中，心肌肌钙蛋白阳性与较高的死亡率有关，这一关系独立于其它预测指标。