PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rizzo, Toni
ED  - Bandstein, Nadia
TI  - Minimal MI Risk with Undetectable hs-cTnT and No ECG Ischemia in ED Patients with Chest Pain
DP  - 2014 Jun 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 20--21
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/4/20.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/4/20.full
AB  - Approximately 15 to 20 million patients visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Europe and the United States for chest pain each year [Thygesen K et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; Nawar EW et al. Adv Data 2007; Goodacre S et al. Heart 2005]. Traditionally several cardiac troponin measurements are required over hours in order to detect injury indicative of myocardial infarction. Recently developed high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays, however, can detect increased troponin concentrations hours earlier than older generation assays potentially establishing a diagnosis with a single measurement. This article discusses the Undetectable High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Level in the Emergency Department and Risk of Myocardial Infarction study [Bandstein N et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014].