Background Expediting the measurement of serum troponin by leveraging EMS blood
collection could reduce the diagnostic time for patients with acute chest pain and help …

Importance Chest pain is among the most common reasons for emergency department (ED)
presentations. However, most patients are at low risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) …

Study Objectives The emergency department (ED) at Los Angeles County-USC Medical
Center (LAC+ USC) is one of the busiest in the country, seeing approximately 180,000 …

Importance High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) protocols for the evaluation of chest
pain in the emergency department (ED) may reduce unnecessary resource use and …

Objective: Use of point-of-care (POC) troponin (cTn) testing in the Emergency Department
(ED) is well established. However, data examining POC cTn measurement in the prehospital …

Chest pain is among the main reasons for presentation at the emergency department (ED).
The challenge for clinicians is not only to identify patients who are likely to have an acute …

Importance Accelerated diagnostic protocols (ADPs) for chest pain using high-sensitivity
troponin (hsTn) levels have excellent sensitivity and negative predictive value for rapid risk …

Background High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays enhance detection of lower
circulating troponin concentrations, but the impact on outcomes in clinical practice is …

Background Compared to conventional cardiac troponin (cTn), the high-sensitivity cardiac
troponin (hs-cTn) assay is associated with improved detection of myocardial infarction (MI) …

Background. Swift assessment of patients presenting with chest pain results in faster
treatment and improved outcomes. Allowing ambulance crews to use point-of-care (POC) …