Key result
The IFCC Committee developed definitive educational tables detailing analytical characteristics and diagnostic discriminants for high-sensitivity, contemporary, and point-of-care cardiac troponin assays.
Why the study?
The IFCC formed a committee to produce educational materials addressing analytical characteristics and diagnostic discriminants for high-sensitivity, contemporary, and point-of-care cardiac troponin assays.
The IFCC has provided comprehensive educational tables detailing the analytical characteristics and 99th percentiles of contemporary and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays.
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Facilitates informed troponin assay selection and interpretation in labs; extends prior guidance but leaves open prospective outcome validation.
The International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) formed a Task Force on the Application of Cardiac Bio-markers (TF-CB) in 2008, re-designated in 2018 as a committee (C-CB), to produce educational materials on cardiac biomarkers. Established in June 2017, definitive tables covering the majority of high-sensitivity, contemporary and point-of-care (POC) cTn assays have been developed by the C-CB and are available on the IFCC website. These tables provide extensive information about assays' analytical characteristics and encompass information on diagnostic discriminants, particularly the 99th percentiles, as provided by the manufacturers.
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Collinson et al. (2018) conducted a review in Cardiac biomarkers. The IFCC Committee developed definitive educational tables detailing analytical characteristics and diagnostic discriminants for high-sensitivity, contemporary, and point-of-care cardiac troponin assays.
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