Transitioning to high-sensitivity troponin: 1-year mortality outcomes in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome presenting to emergency departments

Hickling, Siobhan; Sanfilippo, Frank; Cullen, Louise; P. Chew, Derek; S. Hillis, Graham; M Fatovich, Daniel; Karnon, Jonathan; Rankin, Jamie; Nedkoff, Lee; L. Scanlan, Samuel; E. Hickman, Peter; Stapleton, Stuart; Knuiman, Matthew; Parsonage, William; Mitra, Biswadev; G. Schneider, Hans; Wilkes, Garry; Robinson, Teagan; Briffa, Tom

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324959

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Transitioning to high-sensitivity troponin: 1-year mortality outcomes in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome presenting to emergency departments

Published in Heart • Jan 16, 2025

Authors:

Siobhan Hickling

Frank Sanfilippo

Louise Cullen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Switching from a conventional to a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assay enables detection of smaller amounts of myocardial damage, but the clinical benefit is unclear. We investigated whether switching to a hs-cTnI assay with a sex-specific 99th centile diagnostic threshold w...

Subject

Medicine

Acute coronary syndrome

Troponin

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