Serial Sampling of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T May Not Be Required for Prediction of Acute Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis in Chest Pain Patients with Highly Abnormal Concentrations at Presentation | Zendy

Matthias MuellerHennessen | Zendy; Christian Mueller | Zendy; Evangelos Giannitsis | Zendy; Moritz Biener | Zendy; Mehrshad Vafaie | Zendy; Christopher R. deFilippi | Zendy; Michael Christ | Zendy; Jordi OrdóñezLlanos | Zendy; Mauro Panteghini | Zendy; Mario Plebani | Zendy; Franck Verschuren | Zendy; Dina Melki | Zendy; J. French | Zendy; Robert H. Christenson | Zendy; Richard Body | Zendy; James McCord | Zendy; Carina Dinkel | Zendy; Hugo A. Katus | Zendy; Bertil Lindahl | Zendy

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Serial Sampling of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T May Not Be Required for Prediction of Acute Myocardial Infarction Diagnosis in Chest Pain Patients with Highly Abnormal Concentrations at Presentation

Author(s) -

Matthias MuellerHennessen,

Christian Mueller,

Evangelos Giannitsis,

Moritz Biener,

Mehrshad Vafaie,

Christopher R. deFilippi,

Michael Christ,

Jordi OrdóñezLlanos,

Mauro Panteghini,

Mario Plebani,

Franck Verschuren,

Dina Melki,

J. French,

Robert H. Christenson,

Richard Body,

James McCord,

Carina Dinkel,

Hugo A. Katus,

Bertil Lindahl

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1530-8561

pISSN - 0009-9147

DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2016.258392

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , chest pain , troponin complex , cardiology , troponin t , emergency department , prospective cohort study , blood sampling , troponin , psychiatry

Guidelines for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction (AMI) recommend adding kinetic changes to the initial cardiac troponin (cTn) blood concentration to improve AMI diagnosis. We hypothesized that kinetic changes may not be required in patients presenting with highly abnormal cTn.

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