Cardiac Biomarkers and Subsequent Risk of Hospitalization With Bleeding in the Community: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Background hs‐ cTnT (high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin T), but not NT ‐pro BNP (N‐terminal pro–B natriuretic peptide), has been shown to predict bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation. Whether these biomarkers are independently associated with bleeding in the general population is unknown. Methods and Results We used Cox proportional hazards models to examine the association of hs‐ cTnT and NT ‐pro BNP with incident bleeding (defined by...