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- Title
The Era for High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Has Begun in the US (Finally).
- Authors
Wu, Alan H. B.; Christenson, Robert
- Abstract
The article discusses the significance of the approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Roche Diagnostics Gen 5 STAT cardiac troponin T assay. Topics mentioned include the changes in the 99th percentile cutoff limit for the 4th generation cardiac troponin, the possibility of early detection and diagnosis of myocardial infarction of patients who were presented in the emergency department, and the reduction in clinical specificity.
- Subjects
TROPONIN; MYOCARDIAL infarction diagnosis; UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.; SENSITIVITY &; specificity (Statistics)
- Publication
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, 2017, p1
- ISSN
2475-7241
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1373/jalm.2017.023648