Assisted by the HEART score, emergency physicians appear to be able to safely discharge patients with chest pain after just one negative conventional troponin test result, a retrospective cohort study ...

A new test has been developed in Turku, Finland, that helps in separating heart attack patients from those whose cardiac troponin values are elevated due to renal insufficiency. Blood sample tests for ...

CHICAGO, IL—Just one in three US hospitals are currently using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays, although that number appears to be on the rise, according to results of a new study.

A new test has been developed in Turku, Finland, that helps in separating heart attack patients from those whose cardiac troponin values are elevated due to renal insufficiency. Cardiac troponins are ...

A test used by doctors in the emergency room to determine if a person is having a heart attack is now equipped to be more sensitive than ever. In addition to diagnosing heart attacks earlier, the test ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) remains concerned about the potential of biotin, or vitamin B 7, to interfere with the results of laboratory testing, including troponin testing for diagnosis ...

Among patients with diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease, high-sensitivity testing effectively identified 39.3% of patients with elevated troponin levels who were at high 5-year risk of ...

Performing high-sensitivity assays for both cardiac troponin types (hs-TnI and hs-TnT) from a single early blood draw may allow "very early and safe" rule-out of acute myocardial infarction (MI) ...

This study found that switching from a conventional troponin assay to a high-sensitivity troponin assay resulted in changes to diagnosis patterns and stress testing trends. Objectives: ...

The newer high-sensitivity troponin test discovers smaller amounts of heart-specific proteins, troponins, than the older troponin test and thus identifies more myocardial infarction patients than ...

When Marc Hammer went to the emergency room feeling fatigued and dizzy, he had no idea his life was actually at risk. "I'm an avid cyclist and walk five to 15 miles a day," said Hammer, "so you can ...