Only 1 in 10 patients with acute chest pain in the emergency department turn out to have an actual heart attack (myocardial infarction), yet many are not released from the hospital until after 6-12 hours of cardiac monitoring and multiple ECG and troponin tests. The search for a test that can rule out MI early in…
New Test Could Speed Heart Attack Treatment In The Emergency Department
Filed Under: MI/ACS, People, Places & Events Tagged With: ACS, Acute coronary syndrome, Biomarker, European Society of Cardiology, health, myocardial infarction
Emerging Biomarkers: How Reliable Is The Evidence?
Novel biomarkers are the subject of intense controversy, with a bewildering variety of factions and perspectives seeking to elevate or dismiss any of a large number of proposed new measures. Now a new examination of the literature published online in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the evidence base used to evaluate novel biomarkers may be seriously compromised by…
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