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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is reminding the medical community about the potential for high levels of biotin—or vitamin B7—to interfere with certain lab tests, including cardiac troponin ...

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 ...

High-sensitivity troponin testing can be used to risk stratify patients with renal impairment who present with ACS symptoms, but the results must be interpreted differently than for patients with ...

Certain blood tests have been recalled due to risk for false negative or falsely low cardiac troponin levels. The FDA designated the recall as serious due to the risks of a missed or delayed MI ...

Among patients with diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease, high-sensitivity testing effectively identified 39.3% of patients with elevated troponin levels who were at high 5-year risk of ...

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 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 ...

The diagnostics advisory committee considered evidence on high-sensitivity troponin tests for the early rule out of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) from several sources. Full ...