Unselected cardiac troponin testing and the diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the emergency department
Using a generalized approach to cardiac troponin testing in emergency department patients significantly lowers the diagnostic accuracy for type 1 myocardial infarction, reducing the positive predictive value and frequently indicating non-ischemic myocardial injury.
Authors
- José Luis Ferreiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-9575)
- Alfredo Bardajı́ (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1900-6974)
- Juan Ramón Delgado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8719-9598)
- Isabel Fort-Gallifa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6658-3603)
- Anna Carrasquer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4485-8311)
- Óscar M. Peiró (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-8839)
- Mireia Galofré
- Maria Leyva-López
- Mar Rocamora-Horach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0095-1075)
Institutions
- Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya Sud (ES)
- Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona (ES)
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-025-01197-w
- Primary Topic
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00