Why the study?
Does the application of a 20% dynamic change criterion for ultrasensitive cardiac troponin I impact the diagnosis of MI and predict readmission in patients with suspected ACS?
Population
284 consecutive episodes of patients admitted to the emergency department with suspected acute coronary…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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May identify high-risk patients missed by standard diagnosis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does the application of a 20% dynamic change criterion for ultrasensitive cardiac troponin I impact the diagnosis of MI and predict readmission in patients with suspected ACS?
Applying a 20% dynamic change criterion for ultrasensitive troponin I identifies additional patients at high risk for ACS readmission who may be missed by standard clinical diagnosis.
Casals et al. (2008) studied this question.
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