High‐sensitivity troponin assays: evidence, indications, and reasonable use

MW Sherwood, L Kristin Newby - Journal of the American Heart …, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
With advances in technology, a new era in troponin assays is approaching. Previous-
generation troponin assays have been used as diagnostic and prognostic markers in acute …

Use and interpretation of high sensitivity cardiac troponins in patients with chronic kidney disease with and without acute myocardial infarction

RH Parikh, SL Seliger, CR Defilippi - Clinical biochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
It is well known that the population with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is at greater risk for
cardiovascular disease and death than the general population. The use and interpretation of …

True 99th centile of high sensitivity cardiac troponin for hospital patients: prospective, observational cohort study

M Mariathas, R Allan, S Ramamoorthy, B Olechowski… - bmj, 2019 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the distribution, and specifically the true 99th centile, of high
sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) for a whole hospital population by applying the hs-cTnI …

Sensitive troponins–which suits better for hemodialysis patients? Associated factors and prediction of mortality

F Artunc, C Mueller, T Breidthardt, R Twerenbold… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background In hemodialysis patients, elevated plasma troponin concentrations are a
common finding that has even increased with the advent of newly developed sensitive …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency medicine history and expansion into the future: a narrative review

MR Huecker, J Shreffler, M Platt, D O'Brien… - Western Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Emergency medicine (EM) has advanced profoundly since its specialty recognition in 1979.
As diagnosis and treatment changes, payment restructures and best practices evolve. 1 We …

Serum cardiac troponin-I is superior to troponin-T as a marker for left ventricular dysfunction in clinically stable patients with end-stage renal disease

MS Buiten, MK de Bie, JI Rotmans, FW Dekker… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Serum troponin assays, widely used to detect acute cardiac ischemia, might be
useful biomarkers to detect chronic cardiovascular disease (CVD). Cardiac-specific troponin …

Fibroblast growth factor 23, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin, and left ventricular hypertrophy in CKD

K Smith, C Defilippi, T Isakova, OM Gutiérrez… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Detectable levels of cardiac troponins are common in individuals with
chronic kidney disease (CKD), even in the absence of symptomatic cardiovascular disease …

High sensitivity Troponin-I levels in asymptomatic hemodialysis patients

T Tarapan, K Musikatavorn, P Phairatwet… - Renal …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Reduction in renal clearance and removal by hemodialysis adversely affect the level and
utility of high-sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI) for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in …

[HTML][HTML] Should we screen for coronary artery disease in asymptomatic chronic dialysis patients?

AS De Vriese, SJ Vandecasteele, B Van den Bergh… - Kidney international, 2012 - Elsevier
The hemodialysis population is characterized by a high prevalence of 'asymptomatic'
coronary artery disease (CAD), which should be interpreted differently from asymptomatic …

Routinely measured cardiac troponin I and N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide as predictors of mortality in haemodialysis patients

M Eriguchi, K Tsuruya, M Lopes, B Bieber… - ESC Heart …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Cardiac troponin (cTn) and B‐type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are elevated in
haemodialysis (HD) patients, and this elevation is associated with HD‐induced myocardial …