Cardiology

AHA: Cardiac troponin I IDs low risk of MI, cardiac death

(HealthDay)—High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I concentration can identify individuals at low risk of myocardial infarction or cardiac death within 30 days among patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, according ...

Cardiology

Review: Troponin has prognostic value in CKD without ACS

(HealthDay)—For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) without suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), troponin levels may have prognostic and diagnostic value, according to two reviews published online Aug. 12 in ...

Cardiology

Early invasive doesn't beat selective strategy in NSTE-ACS

(HealthDay)—An early invasive strategy has no benefit for reducing the 10-year composite outcomes of death or spontaneous myocardial infarction (MI) for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) ...

Cardiology

Hospital visit for chest pain not always necessary

In the Netherlands, ambulances transport about 200,000 people with chest pain to Emergency Departments (ED) every year. However, up to 90% of these people don't have an acute coronary syndrome.

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