Why the study?
Does the introduction of high-sensitivity troponin assays impact the rate of AMI diagnoses and downstream clinical procedures?
Population
Patients evaluated for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
Design
Review
Authors
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May increase AMI detection without excess procedures; leaves open need for RCTs on clinical outcomes.
Does the introduction of high-sensitivity troponin assays impact the rate of AMI diagnoses and downstream clinical procedures?
High-sensitivity troponin assays increase the detection of AMI and shorten the time to rule out or rule in AMI without leading to an increase in unnecessary angiographies.
Ferraro et al. (2014) studied this question.
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