A new test has been developed in Turku, Finland, that helps in separating heart attack patients from those whose cardiac troponin values are elevated due to renal insufficiency. How Accurate Is ...

A test used by doctors in the emergency room to determine if a person is having a heart attack is now equipped to be more sensitive than ever. In addition to diagnosing heart attacks earlier, the test ...

The research found a link between increased levels of cardiac troponin and more rapid cognitive decline in later years.

A new test has been developed in Turku, Finland, that helps in separating heart attack patients from those whose cardiac troponin values are elevated due to renal insufficiency. Blood sample tests for ...

May 18, 2012 (Updated May 21, 2012) (Christchurch, New Zealand) — A simple strategy of measuring just contemporary central-laboratory troponin I within two hours of presentation as the sole biomarker ...

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays may eventually play a part in an overall strategy for evaluating patients who present with stable chest pain symptoms and possible coronary disease, an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm a medical journalist covering cardiology news. Tobias Reichlin and colleagues first studied 436 patients and developed a ...

Preliminary results with a point-of-care test developed to assess cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in saliva rather than blood have shown cTnl can be detected in the saliva of patients with proven myocardial ...

A single troponin level measurement test and an electrocardiogram may be sufficient to rule out the risk of a heart attack in patients complaining of chest pain, according to a study in the Journal of ...

Results from the TRAPID-AMI clinical study have been published online by the Annals of Emergency Medicine, confirming a novel approach for a more rapid diagnosis of heart attack in patients with acute ...