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Does rapid bedside testing for cardiac troponin T and troponin I predict 30-day cardiac events in patients presenting to the emergency room with acute chest pain without ST-segment elevation?
Does rapid bedside testing for cardiac troponin T and troponin I predict 30-day cardiac events in patients presenting to the emergency room with acute chest pain without ST-segment elevation?
Rapid bedside testing for cardiac troponins T and I is highly sensitive for early detection of myocardial injury and strongly predicts 30-day cardiac events, allowing safe discharge of patients with negative results.
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Negative troponins identify low 30-day event risk in chest pain; supports validation in prospective trials before guiding discharge.
Hamm et al. (1997) studied this question.
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