High-sensitivity troponin: elevated without infarction, is the horse out of the barn?

Emerg Med J. 2014 May;31(5):354-5. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202796. Epub 2013 Jul 3.

Authors

Sanjiv Baxi¹, Joshua Lakin¹, Sahael Stapleton¹, Rita Redberg²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
² Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 23825057
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202796

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac care, acute coronary syndrome; cardiac care, acute myocardal infarct; research, clinical; research, methods.

MeSH terms

Adult
Biomarkers / blood
Humans
Incidence
Myocardial Infarction / blood*
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Troponin / blood*

Substances

Biomarkers
Troponin