Increased γ-glutamyl transferase levels predict early mortality in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

The value of electrocardiography in prognosticating clinical deterioration and mortality in acute pulmonary embolism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Twenty studies (4898 patients) reported data on in‐hospital mortality . Several ECG features were meta‐analyzed for this outcome (Table ).…”

“…All other adjusted in-hospital mortality data could not be pooled. Single studies identified complete RBBB and the number of leads with TWI to be significantly predictive ( interval dispersion and also found a longer mean (SD) dispersion in the group that died (89 [46] vs 65 [23]; P = 0.001). They also reported that a QT-interval dispersion of 71.5 ms had a sensitivity of 71%, a specificity of 73%, and an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.73 (SE: 0.54; P = 0.001).…”

“…Twenty studies (4898 patients) reported data on in-hospital mortality. [4][5][6][7]9,10,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Several ECG features were meta-analyzed for this outcome ( Table 2). Figure 2 shows 4 sample forest plots for the association between in-hospital mortality and each of the following ECG findings: S1Q3T3, any RBBB, TWI in precordial leads, and TWI in precordial or inferior leads.…”

Usefulness of admission gamma-glutamyltransferase level for predicting new-onset heart failure in patients with acute coronary syndrome with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

“…This finding triggered the studies focusing on the usefulness of GGT as a predictor of cardiovascular diseases. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] For the time being, this laboratory test has been searched by many groups regarding its suitability as a significant predictor for cardiometabolic diseases. Serum GGT was found to be a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality by the Vorarlberg Health Monitoring and Promotion Program Study Group.…”

“…[2] Recent studies have reported that serum GGT, which is an inexpensive and easily accessible laboratory test, is a predictor for incident cardiovascular diseases, and is associated with prognosis in cardiopulmonary disorders such as coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, HF, and acute pulmonary embolism. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] However, the prognostic significance of GGT in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) has not been searched yet. We hypothesized that increased admission serum GGT activity may be associated with future acute HF in ACS patients with LVSD.…”