Critical Appraisal of the Negative Predictive Performance of the European Society of Cardiology 0/1-Hour Algorithm for Evaluating Patients With Chest Pain in the US
Abstract:High-sensitivity assays for cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) provide superior analytical performance and accuracy to detect myocardial infarction (MI) compared with conventional cTn assays and are recommended by professional society guidelines as the preferred biomarker for evaluating patients with acute chest pain. 1,2 Clinical decision pathways, including the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour hs-cTn algorithm, integrate serial measurement of hs-cTn with clinical information to stratify prognosis and the… Show more
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