Utility of Absolute and Relative Changes in Cardiac Troponin Concentrations in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction | Zendy

Tobias Reichlin | Zendy; Affan Irfan | Zendy; Raphael Twerenbold | Zendy; Miriam Reiter | Zendy; Willibald Hochholzer | Zendy; Hanna Burkhalter | Zendy; Stefano Bassetti | Zendy; Stephan Steuer | Zendy; Katrin Winkler | Zendy; Federico Peter | Zendy; Julia Meißner | Zendy; Philip Haaf | Zendy; Mihael Potocki | Zendy; Beatrice Drexler | Zendy; Stefan Osswald | Zendy; Christian Mueller | Zendy

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Utility of Absolute and Relative Changes in Cardiac Troponin Concentrations in the Early Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Author(s) -

Tobias Reichlin,

Affan Irfan,

Raphael Twerenbold,

Miriam Reiter,

Willibald Hochholzer,

Hanna Burkhalter,

Stefano Bassetti,

Stephan Steuer,

Katrin Winkler,

Federico Peter,

Julia Meißner,

Philip Haaf,

Mihael Potocki,

Beatrice Drexler,

Stefan Osswald,

Christian Mueller

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.023937

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , cardiology , troponin

Current guidelines for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), among other criteria, also require a rise and/or fall in cardiac troponin (cTn) levels. It is unknown whether absolute or relative changes in cTn have higher diagnostic accuracy and should therefore be preferred.

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