Global Adoption of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponins and the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction [Evidence-Based Medicine and Test Utilization]

CONCLUSIONS:
There has been global progress toward the recommendations of the UDMI, particularly in the use of the 99th percentile diagnostic threshold and serial sampling. However, high-sensitivity assays are still used by a minority of sites, and sex-specific thresholds by even fewer. Additional efforts are required to improve risk stratification and diagnosis of patients with myocardial infarction.

Source: Clinical Chemistry - February 28, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Anand, A., Shah, A. S. V., Beshiri, A., Jaffe, A. S., Mills, N. L. Tags: Evidence-Based Medicine and Test Utilization Source Type: research