Switching from a conventional to a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay in emergency departments is associated with a reduction in both mortality at 1 year and new admissions for myocardial ...

Implementing the high-sensitivity troponin (hsTn)-based HEART pathway in US emergency departments (EDs) improves acute myocardial infarction (AMI) diagnosis. This multicenter pre-post cohort study was ...

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin testing can identify patients with stable coronary artery disease who have a greater risk for MI or cardiovascular death, a study conducted in Scotland indicates.

Background and Goal: Chest pain is a common but challenging symptom for general practitioners to evaluate, as it can be caused by both serious conditions and more benign issues. This study assessed ...

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom evaluated the use of a high-sensitivity assay to measure cardiac troponin I and its impact on myocardial ...

Adding high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays on top of conventional risk-prediction methods can potentially improve primary prevention efforts, according to a new meta-analysis. While best known ...

MUSC Health Florence Medical Center is the first hospital in South Carolina to use a new test for heart attacks. The Abbott i-STAT High-sensitivity Troponin I Cartridge (hs-TnI) works by measuring ...