Outcomes in emergency department patients with intermediate elevations in high-sensitive cardiac troponin T

Courtney M Smalley; Baruch S Fertel; Adam J McShane; Paul C Cremer; McKinsey R Muir; Amgad Mentias

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2022.12.018

Outcomes in emergency department patients with intermediate elevations in high-sensitive cardiac troponin T

Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Mar:65:212-213. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.12.018. Epub 2022 Dec 20.

Authors

Courtney M Smalley¹, Baruch S Fertel², Adam J McShane³, Paul C Cremer⁴, McKinsey R Muir⁵, Amgad Mentias⁴

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America. Electronic address: courtney.smalley@gmail.com.
² Quality and Patient Safety NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, United States of America; Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America.
³ Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Pathology Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
⁴ Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
⁵ Emergency Services Institute, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.

PMID: 36631332
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.12.018

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Diagnostic accuracy; Emergency department; High-sensitivity cardiac troponin; Myocardial infarction; Risk scores.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome*
Biomarkers
Chest Pain
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Myocardial Infarction*
Troponin T

Substances

Troponin T
Biomarkers