Can a Negative High-Sensitivity Troponin Result Rapidly Rule Out Acute Myocardial Infarction?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT; Department of Emergency Medicine, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Department of Emergency Medicine, Adena Emergency Medicine Residency, Chillicothe, OH; Adena Health System, Chillicothe, OH.

Editorial

Nathan M Finnerty et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Jan.

. 2018 Jan;71(1):122-124.

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.08.049. Epub 2017 Oct 9.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT; Department of Emergency Medicine, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Department of Emergency Medicine, Adena Emergency Medicine Residency, Chillicothe, OH; Adena Health System, Chillicothe, OH.

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Rapid Rule-out of Acute Myocardial Infarction With a Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Measurement Below the Limit of Detection: A Collaborative Meta-analysis.
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