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. 2020 Oct 7;15(10):e0239460.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239460. eCollection 2020.

Prehospital use of a modified HEART Pathway and point-of-care troponin to predict cardiovascular events

Jason P Stopyra  1 , Anna C Snavely  2 , Lane M Smith  1 , R David Harris  3 , Robert D Nelson  1 , James E Winslow  1 , Roy L Alson  1 , Gregory J Pomper  4 , Robert F Riley  5 , Nicklaus P Ashburn  1 , Nella W Hendley  1 , Jeremiah Gaddy  1 , Tyler Woodrum  1 , Louis Fornage  6 , David Conner  7 , Manrique Alvarez  8 , Adam Pflum  8 , Lauren E Koehler  1 , Chadwick D Miller  1 , Simon A Mahler  1
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Prehospital use of a modified HEART Pathway and point-of-care troponin to predict cardiovascular events

Jason P Stopyra et al. PLoS One. .

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Conflict of interest statement

Abbott Point of Care provided a research grant to support the work presented in this manuscript. Dr. Stopyra received research funding from Abbott Point of Care and Roche Diagnostics. Dr. Mahler receives additional research funding from Roche Diagnostics, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Siemens, Creavo Medical Technologies, the Donaghue Foundation, AHRQ, PCORI, and NHLBI (1 R01 HL118263-01, L30 HL120008). Dr. Mahler also serves as the chief medical officer of Impathiq, Inc. Dr. Miller also receives research funding / support from Siemens, Abbott Point of Care, and 1 R01 HL118263 These commercial affiliations do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

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Fig 1. CONSORT 2010 flow diagram.
Fig 2
Fig 2. Prehospital modified HEART Pathway.
Fig 3
Fig 3. Receiving operator curves for prehospital modified HEART Pathway and core-lab-prehospital modified HEART Pathway for 30-day MACE and Death/MI.
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