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 ...

The current lower limit for detection of plasma troponin T in most commercially available tests is approximately 0.01 μg/l, and levels higher than this value are associated with increased mortality.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Roche Diagnostics Corp. announced that the FDA has cleared its next-generation troponin T assay for use in ...

The newer high-sensitivity troponin test discovers smaller amounts of heart-specific proteins, troponins, than the older troponin test and thus identifies more myocardial infarction patients than ...

Roche announced that it has received the 510(k) clearance for its Elecsys Troponin T Gen 5 STAT (TnT Gen 5 STAT) blood test for patients with a suspected heart attack. With this clearance, Roche is ...

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 ...

A modified algorithm using a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) assay safely and rapidly ruled out more patients with myocardial infarction in one US emergency department, with more than ...

Cardiac troponin T is a protein biomarker detectable with a blood test, and it is the preferred biomarker for determining cardiovascular risk. In a new study published in JAMA Cardiology, researchers ...

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 ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The most common reason people get admitted to the hospital is for chest pain. Sometimes, EKGs and other tests add to the challenge of figuring out what's really going on. Now, ...

PARIS — A single cardiac troponin measurement by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assay can safely and effectively rule out myocardial infarction (MI) at presentation, results from more ...