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Negative ultrasensitive troponin T values may help discriminate patients with chest pain in the emergency

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New laboratory tests can detect minimally elevated  levels few hours before regarding detection methodologies of previous generations.The hypothesis of this study is that patients with undetectable ultrasensitive troponin (

Conclusion

The undetectable ultrasensitive troponin T values in patients with chest pain and no signs of ischemia on the electrocardiogram has an accuracy close to 100% to rule out acute myocardial infarction regardless of the duration of symptoms, time of dosage of troponin , age or sex.

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Nadia Bandstein
2014-03-31

Original title: Negative High-Sensitive Troponins in the Emergency Department and Risk of Myocardial Infarction.

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