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ReviewIndian heart journal

Time to shift from contemporary to high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes.

Jamshed J Dalal, C K Ponde, Brian Pinto, C N Srinivas, Joy Thomas, Sunil Kumar Modi, Sanjay Mehta, Suvin Shetty, Manimarane, Bhupen Desai

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Review in Indian heart journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Jamshed J DalalDirector, Cardiac Sciences, Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai, India. Electronic address: jjdalal@hotmail.com.
C K PondeInterventional Cardiologist, PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Brian PintoChief of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Catherisation Laboratory, Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai, India.
C N SrinivasDirector, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Transplantation Immunology and Molecular Laboratory, MIOT Hospital, Chennai, India.
Joy ThomasChief Cardiologist and Chief Electrophysiologist, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, India.
Sunil Kumar ModiInterventional Cardiologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi, India.
Sanjay MehtaConsultant, Emergency Medicine, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Suvin ShettyLaboratory Head, Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, India.
ManimaraneSenior Specialist and Head of the Department of Cardiology, Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Postgraduate Institute, Pondicherry, India.
Bhupen DesaiConsultant Cardiologist, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Holy Family Hospital · INKokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital · INFrontier Lifeline Hospital · INGovernment General Hospital · INIndraprastha Apollo Hospitals · INMadras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · INP. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early rule-in and rule-out of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is a challenge. In patients with inconclusive findings on ECG, cardiac biomarkers play a crucial role in the diagnosis. The introduction of the new high-sensitive cardiac troponin test (hs-TnI assay) has changed the landscape of NSTEMI diagnosis. The new hs-TnI assay can detect troponin values at a lower level compared with a contemporary cardiac troponin (cTn) assay. The hs-cTnI assay has a coefficient of variation of ≤10%, well below the 99th percentile value. It reduces the time to diagnose acute myocardial infarction from 6h to 3h. A recent study has demonstrated that hs-cTnI can further reduce the time to 1h in 70% of all patients with chest pain. The European Society of Cardiology 2015 guidelines recommend including a second sample of hs-cTnI within 3h of presentation This increases the sensitivity of the hs-TnI assay from 82.3% (at admission) to 98.2% and negative predictive value from 94.7% (at admission) to 99.4%. Combining the 99th percentile at admission with serial changes in troponin increases the positive predictive value to rule in acute coronary syndrome from 75.1% at admission to 95.8% after 3h. The 2015 ESC Guidelines recommend the use of a rapid rule out protocol (0h and 1h) when hs-cTnI with a validated 0 to1h algorithm is available. Training and displaying the clinical algorithm depicting the role of hs-TnI assay in acute cardiac care units and in EDs are an efficient way to deliver the new standard of care to patients. Compared with contemporary troponin assays, the hs-cTn assay accelerates the diagnostic pathway to 0-1h, thus reducing the time for diagnosis of NSTEMI and hence, its management.

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AlgorithmsAcute Coronary SyndromeBiomarkersHumansTroponin ITroponin TBiomarkersTroponin ITroponin TACSBiomarkershs TroponinSTEMITroponin

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PMID27931558
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