Implications of lowering threshold of plasma troponin concentration in diagnosis of myocardial infarction: cohort study.

Authors :: Mills, Nicholas L.
Kuan Ken Lee
McAllister, David A.
Churchhouse, Antonia M. D.
MacLeod, Margaret
Stoddart, Mary
Walker, Simon
Denvir, Martin A.
Fox, Keith A. A.
Newby, David E.
Source :: BMJ: British Medical Journal (Overseas & Retired Doctors Edition). 4/14/2012, Vol. 344 Issue 7852, p14-14. 1p. 1 Graph.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: The article offers information on a study regarding the implications of lowering the diagnostic threshold of plasma troponin concentration to the 99th centile. According to the results, it increased the diagnosis of myocardial infarction by 47 percent and identified patients who were 4 to5 times more likely to die or have a recurrent myocardial infarct than those below this threshold.

Subjects :: *CONFIDENCE intervals
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*LONGITUDINAL method
*PROBABILITY theory
*RESEARCH funding
*DATA analysis
*TROPONIN
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MYOCARDIAL infarction diagnosis

Language :: English
ISSN :: 17592151
Volume :: 344
Issue :: 7852
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: BMJ: British Medical Journal (Overseas & Retired Doctors Edition)
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 74756457
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1533

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