High-sensitivity cardiac troponin and the importance of cutoffs in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting with suspected NSTEMI

Int J Cardiol. 2022 Jun 1:356:36-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.03.041. Epub 2022 Mar 23.

Authors

Peter A Kavsak¹, Shawn E Mondoux², Craig Ainsworth³, Andrew Worster²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Electronic address: kavsakp@mcmaster.ca.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

PMID: 35337934
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.03.041

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass grafting; Cutoffs; Diagnostic accuracy; High-sensitivity cardiac troponin; Myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Biomarkers
Coronary Artery Bypass / adverse effects
Humans
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction* / surgery
Troponin I
Troponin T

Substances

Biomarkers
Troponin I
Troponin T