Why the study?
Does exercise-induced increase in high sensitive cardiac Troponin T improve the diagnostic evaluation of CAD in patients with stable chest pain?
Population
157 subjects with stable chest pain suspected of coronary artery disease (CAD)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
20 hours
Authors
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Exercise hs-cTnT rise may aid CAD reclassification in stable chest pain; hypothesis-generating and needs prospective validation before practice change.
Does exercise-induced increase in high sensitive cardiac Troponin T improve the diagnostic evaluation of CAD in patients with stable chest pain?
Measuring exercise-induced changes in high-sensitivity troponin T improves the diagnostic evaluation and reclassification of patients with stable chest pain suspected of having coronary artery disease.
Mouridsen et al. (2013) studied this question.
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