High sensitive cardiac troponin T in the management of uncertain chest pain

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4422-4423

  Giner Caro, José A ^a   Caballero, Luis ^b   Casas Pina, Teresa ^b   Pastor Pérez, Francisco ^b   Garrido Bravo, Iris P ^b   Sanchez Mas, Jesús ^b   Lax, Antonio ^b   Valdés, Mariano ^b   Pascual Figal, Domingo A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Diagnosis; High sensitive troponin T

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED;

CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84886246991     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. F.J. Bayon, E.E. Alegria, and G.X. Bosch Chest pain units. Organization and protocol for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes Rev Esp Cardiol 55 2 2002 143 154
2. A. Bardají, M. Martínez-Sellés, X. García-Moll, and H. Bueno Examples of interventions that improve quality of care in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome Rev Esp Cardiol 5 2005 47 52 [Supl.C]
3. H. Bueno, A. Bardaji, A. Fernandez-Ortiz, J. Marrugat, H. Marti, and M. Heras Management of non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndromes in Spain. The DESCARTES (Descripcion del Estado de los Sindromes Coronarios Agudos en un Registro Temporal ESpanol) study Rev Esp Cardiol 58 3 2005 244 252
4. C.W. Hamm, B.U. Goldmann, C. Heeschen, G. Kreymann, J. Berger, and T. Meinertz Emergency room triage of patients with acute chest pain by means of rapid testing for cardiac troponin T or troponin I N Engl J Med 337 23 1997 1648 1653
5. E. Giannitsis, K. Kurz, K. Hallermayer, J. Jarausch, A.S. Jaffe, and H.A. Katus Analytical validation of a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay Clin Chem 56 2 2010 254 261
6. T. Reichlin, W. Hochholzer, and S. Bassetti Early diagnosis of myocardial infarction with sensitive cardiac troponin assays N Engl J Med 361 9 2009 858 867
7. T. Reichlin, A. Irfan, and R. Twerenbold Utility of absolute and relative changes in cardiac troponin concentrations in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction Circulation 124 2 2011 136 145
8. G.A. Diamond, and J.S. Forrester Analysis of probability as an aid in the clinical diagnosis of coronary-artery disease N Engl J Med 300 24 1979 1350 1358
9. T. Keller, T. Zeller, and D. Peetz Sensitive troponin I assay in early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction N Engl J Med 361 9 2009 868 877
10. T. Keller, T. Zeller, and F. Ojeda Serial changes in highly sensitive troponin I assay and early diagnosis of myocardial infarction JAMA 306 24 2011 2684 2693