Single Resting hsTnT Level Predicts Abnormal Myocardial Stress Test in Acute Chest Pain Patients With Normal Initial Standard Troponin | Zendy

Waleed Ahmed | Zendy; Christopher L. Schlett | Zendy; Shanmugam Uthamalingam | Zendy; Quynh A. Truong | Zendy; Wolfgang Köenig | Zendy; Ian S. Rogers | Zendy; Ron Blankstein | Zendy; John T. Nagurney | Zendy; Ahmed Tawakol | Zendy; James L. Januzzi | Zendy; Udo Hoffmann | Zendy

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Single Resting hsTnT Level Predicts Abnormal Myocardial Stress Test in Acute Chest Pain Patients With Normal Initial Standard Troponin

Author(s) -

Waleed Ahmed,

Christopher L. Schlett,

Shanmugam Uthamalingam,

Quynh A. Truong,

Wolfgang Köenig,

Ian S. Rogers,

Ron Blankstein,

John T. Nagurney,

Ahmed Tawakol,

James L. Januzzi,

Udo Hoffmann

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

jacc. cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79

H-Index - 120

eISSN - 1936-878X

pISSN - 1876-7591

DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.08.014

Subject(s) - myocardial perfusion imaging , medicine , chest pain , interquartile range , cardiology , myocardial infarction , acute coronary syndrome , troponin , single photon emission computed tomography , coronary artery disease , emergency department , troponin t , psychiatry

The goal of this study was to determine the ability of a single, resting high-sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT) measurement to predict abnormal myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department (ED).

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