Bernadette Meller, Louise Cullen, William A Parsonage, Jaimi H Greenslade, Sally Aldous, Tobias Reichlin, Karin Wildi, Raphael Twerenbold, Cedric Jaeger, Petra Hillinger, Philip Haaf, Christian Puelacher, Vera Kern, Katharina Rentsch, Fabio Stallone, Maria Rubini Gimenez, Paola Ballarino, Stefano Bassetti, Astrid Walukiewicz, Richard Troughton, Christopher J Pemberton, A Mark Richards, Kevin Chu, Christopher M Reid, Martin Than, Christian Mueller
BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) within an accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) in patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for rapid rule-out of AMI. METHODS: In two independent large multicenter studies, levels of hs-cTnT at presentation and at 2 h were combined with the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score and ECG findings...
April 1, 2015: International Journal of Cardiology