Why the study?
Does serial high-sensitivity troponin T testing at 0 and 3 hours identify patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome at less than 1% risk of 30-day adverse cardiac events?
Population
1600 adults presenting to the emergency department with suspected acute coronary syndrome, median age 55…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May support 0/3-hour hsTnT rule-out in suspected ACS; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does serial high-sensitivity troponin T testing at 0 and 3 hours identify patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome at less than 1% risk of 30-day adverse cardiac events?
Serial high-sensitivity troponin T testing at 0 and 3 hours effectively identifies emergency department patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome who are at very low risk for 30-day adverse cardiac events.
Peacock et al. (2017) studied this question.
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