Two-hour diagnostic algorithms for early assessment of patients with acute chest pain - Implications of lowering the cardiac troponin I cut-off to the 97.5th percentile

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8310888	Clinica Chimica Acta	2015	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The hs-cTnI 97.5th percentile integrated into 2-hour algorithms provided high diagnostic estimates and could, due to better prognostic properties serve as an alternative to the 99th percentile.

Keywords

Myocardial infarction emergency department Cardiac troponin Diagnosis Chest pain

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Two-hour diagnostic algorithms for early assessment of patients with acute chest pain - Implications of lowering the cardiac troponin I cut-off to the 97.5th percentile

Authors

Kai M. Eggers, Sally Aldous, Jaimi H. Greenslade, Nina Johnston, Bertil Lindahl, William A. Parsonage, John W. Pickering, Martin Than, Louise Cullen,