October 21, 2013Coronary Artery Disease
Use of high-sensitivity troponin for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
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Implication
High-sensitivity troponin assays may accelerate AMI diagnosis but risk overinterpretation; leaves open standardized protocols before routine adoption.
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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I or T (cTn) assays
This review outlines the advances and potential pitfalls of using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays for the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
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Christian Mueller (2013) studied this question.