Risk stratification of chest pain patients by point-of-care cardiac troponin T and myoglobin measured in the emergency department.
Clin Chim Acta
; 365(1-2): 93-7, 2006 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-16214122
ABSTRACT
A prospective multicenter study including 1410 chest pain patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes was carried out to examine the predictive value of biological cardiac markers for adverse events measured by a point-of-care system. Admission cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and myoglobin were measured in parallel on a point-of-care system in the emergency department and -- together with CK-MB mass -- on lab analyzers. In a one-year follow-up, cardiac and non-cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris and need for revascularization were registered. Median time between onset of symptoms and admission was 285 min; 172 patients (12.2%) had no event during follow-up. If the cTnT, measured either by the point-of-care system or a conventional lab analyzer, was >0.05 microg/L, then the chance of a cardiac event during the follow-up period was doubled (18% vs. 9%). Serial cTnT measurement did not add any further value to the predictive power of the admission cTnT. Myoglobin and CK-MB mass identified increasing risk with increasing concentration quartiles; cardiac event rates were 2.8- to 4.4-fold higher between the quartiles with the lowest and those with the highest analyte concentration, respectively. There was no difference in non-cardiac death rates between any concentration quartiles. In conclusion, the prediction of clinical events by cardiac troponin T and myoglobin measured with a point-of-care analyzer in the emergency department was as good as that of the same cardiac markers and CK-MB mass measured on lab analyzers.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor en el Pecho
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Sistemas de Atención de Punto
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Troponina T
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
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Infarto del Miocardio
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Mioglobina
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Chim Acta
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
España
Pais de publicación:
HOLANDA
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HOLLAND
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NETHERLANDS
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NL
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PAISES BAJOS
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THE NETHERLANDS