Clinical Considerations of High Sensitivity Troponins and CVD

N Xavier, H Hallman, R George, T Gilford… - American Society for …, 2018 - clsjournal.ascls.org
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the number one cause of death in the United States.
According to the American Heart Association, it causes roughly 2300 deaths per day, and …

Implementation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin: challenges from the international experience

SJ Howell, EA Amsterdam, BE Mumma… - Critical pathways in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Implementation of the newly approved high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) in
the United States presents a challenge for clinical practice. Sex-specific cutoffs, clinical …

Recommendations for Institutions Transitioning to High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing: JACC Scientific Expert Panel

JL Januzzi, SA Mahler, RH Christenson… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) I or T methods have been in use in certain regions
for years but are now increasingly globally adopted, including in the United States …

[PDF][PDF] Recommendations for Institutions transitioning to high-sensitivity troponin testing

LK Newby, R Body, DA Morrow, AS Jaffe - JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN …, 2019 - isoic.org
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) I or T methods have been in use in certain regions
for years but are now increasingly globally adopted, including in the United States …

Role of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in acute coronary syndrome

MA Narayanan, S Garcia - US Cardiology Review, 2019 - experts.umn.edu
Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for an emergency room (ER) visit in the US,
with almost 6 million ER visits annually. High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hscTn) assays …

[PDF][PDF] High-sensitivity troponins-difficult friends in acute coronary syndromes

R Klingenberg, CM Matter, C Wyss, D Hof… - US Cardiology, 2012 - zora.uzh.ch
The introduction of novel high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays has made it
possible to measure cardiac troponin levels that are up to 10-fold lower than those …

[HTML][HTML] Detectable high-sensitivity cardiac troponin concentrations and risk stratification in the emergency setting

PA Kavsak, OZ Ismail, SA Hill… - Journal of Laboratory and …, 2018 - jlpm.amegroups.org
For nearly two decades' cardiac troponin (cTn) has been an integral component for the
diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in patients presenting with symptoms of acute …

Discordance of high-sensitivity troponin assays in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes

J Karády, T Mayrhofer, M Ferencik, JT Nagurney… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - jacc.org
Background High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays have different analytic
characteristics. Objectives The goal of this study was to quantify differences between assays …

Evidence-based algorithms using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in the emergency department

DA Morrow - JAMA cardiology, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
For nearly 2 decades, experts and professional society bodies had pressed manufacturers
to improve the analytical performance of assays for cardiac troponin (cTn). 1-4 This effort …

Incorporating high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays into clinical practice: these assays are your friend

S Love, Y Sandoval, FS Apple - Heart and Metabolism, 2015 - experts.umn.edu
The objective of this review is to provide an overview of the current analytical, clinical, and
risk assessment status of cardiac troponin (cTn) high-sensitivity (hs) assays and on how to …