This study demonstrates a circadian biological variation in blood troponin concentration in a healthy population. The amplitude of this variation challenges the cutoff value for instant rule-out of the rapid rule-in/rule-out of the recent European guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes. These findings deserve further investigation in a population at risk of myocardial infarction.
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