Cardiac biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome: from history to high-sensitivity cardiac troponin
Why the study?
How is high-sensitivity cardiac troponin used in the differential diagnosis of suspected acute coronary syndrome?
Population
Patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
hs-cTn aids ACS differential diagnosis; leaves open assay-specific threshold standardization.
Structured PICO
How is high-sensitivity cardiac troponin used in the differential diagnosis of suspected acute coronary syndrome?
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Population
Patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
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Intervention
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin is a well-established quantitative marker of cardiomyocyte injury essential for the differential diagnosis of suspected acute coronary syndrome.
Cite This Study
Garg et al. (2017) studied this question.