high sensitivity troponin: friend or foe?
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HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT:
FRIEND OR FOE?Rick Body
DISCLAIMERWhat I say is not necessarily my personal opinion.
COI: Expert adviser to NICE, active researcher in this area (including industry supported work)Image by RedHotHeat via Wikimedia Commons
HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN READS HIGHERSo you get more positives
10ng/L
Standard troponin
HS-troponin
35ng/L14ng/L
Chest pain
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SOB
"Unwell"
0 17.5 35 52.5 70
34.4
68.4
36.5
20.4
12.2
19.8
11.1
10.5
Before hs-Tn After hs-Tn
0
20
40
60
80
All Age >75
74
32 3018
Before hs-Tn After hs-Tn
Proportion of positive results before & after introducing hs-cTnT
ANSWER: 50%
If your patient with suspected ACS has a positive troponin, what is the overall
probability that they have AMI?
Image by anieto2k on Flickr..comBody et al, JACC 2011; 58: 1332-9
WHY DO WE NEED A HIGH SENSITIVITY ASSAY?
SO WE CAN SEE LEVELS IN NORMAL PEOPLE
Because that's so helpful in practice, right?
2. BECAUSE THE RESULTS ARE MORE
PRECISEWith a 25% CV instead of 10%:
An extra 0.3% of patients will have a false positive result after 2 tests
!
"We believe that the clinical implications of this false positive frequency are
insignificant"
Apple et al, Clin Chem 2005; 51:2198-2200
WHAT’S THE EVIDENCE OF BENEFIT?
I REST MY CASE, M'LUDMay justice be done
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