Using Sex-specific Cutoffs for High-sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T to Diagnose Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acad Emerg Med
.
2021 Apr;28(4):463-466.
doi: 10.1111/acem.14098.
Epub 2020 Aug 26.
Authors
W Frank Peacock
1
,
Brigitte M Baumann
2
,
E Joy Rivers
3
,
Thomas E Davis
4
,
Beverly Handy
5
,
Christopher W Jones
2
,
Judd E Hollander
6
,
Alexander T Limkakeng
7
,
Abhi Mehrotra
8
,
Martin Than
9
,
Louise Cullen
10
,
André Ziegler
11
,
Carina Dinkel-Keuthage
12
Affiliations
1
From the, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
2
the, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA.
3
Agent representing Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
4
the, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
5
the, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
6
the, Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
7
the, Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
8
the, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
9
the, Emergency Department, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
10
the, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
11
Roche Diagnostics International Ltd, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.
12
and, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany.
PMID:
32726505
PMCID:
PMC8247402
DOI:
10.1111/acem.14098
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
Biomarkers
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Female
Heart
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
Troponin T*
Substances
Biomarkers
Troponin T