Evidence-based medicine and the cardiac troponin 99th percentile for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

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Evidence-based medicine and the cardiac troponin 99th percentile for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

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University of Otago

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The 99th percentile of cardiac troponin assays for determining the presence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) was set when assay analytical performance was much less precise than currently and was chosen, in part, to reduce the frequency of 'false-positive' results. A result greater than 99th percentile criterion has been a requirement of each version of the universal definition of MI. It also became used as a dichotomous decision-making threshold in diagnostic strategies for investigating...

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Article

Date created

2025-02-18

Creator

Hickman, Peter E / Potter, Julia M / Cullen, Louise / Eggers, Kai M / Than, Martin / Pickering, John W / Parsonage, William / Doust, Jenny

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/45055

Related subjects

99th percentile / Troponin / Upper reference limit / Acute coronary syndrome / Age / Sex

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