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 ...

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 ...

A newly published document provides practical advice on the use of the popular and potent troponin tests. The Expert Consensus Document on Practical Clinical Considerations in the Interpretation of ...

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays may eventually play a part in an overall strategy for evaluating patients who present with stable chest pain symptoms and possible coronary disease, an ...

New ultra-sensitive blood tests can rapidly detect when heart muscle is dying from a heart attack, even from the moment the patient arrives in the emergency room, according to two studies on Wednesday ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a medical journalist covering cardiology news. Tobias Reichlin and colleagues first studied 436 patients and developed a ...

WASHINGTON, DC — A group of seven professional societies led by the American College of Cardiology have released a consensus statement to help doctors know when to order a troponin test and how to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Our study suggests that patients are routinely discharged from the ED after a single negative troponin test ...

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Results from the TRAPID-AMI clinical study have been published online by the Annals of Emergency Medicine, confirming a novel approach for a more rapid diagnosis of heart attack in patients with acute ...