Troponin refers to three different proteins that help regulate the contractions of the heart and skeletal muscles. Normal troponin levels range from 0 to 0.04 nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml). The ...

PARIS — Patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome have similarly low rates of death or myocardial infarction (MI) within 30 days when triaged with a 0/1-hour high-sensitivity cardiac ...

For patients with suspected ACS and no clear signs of ischemia on ECG, use of a 0/1-hour high-sensitivity troponin T testing protocol in which all test results were available to treating physicians ...

The upper limit of normal for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) testing may not be a good indicator of who is having an acute MI in the absence of symptoms or history. In a British study of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PARIS — A 1-hour protocol including a high-sensitivity troponin T assay was associated with faster discharge of ...

June 11, 2007 -- A class 1 recall has been announced for a cardiac immunoassay ( Architect STAT Troponin-1, Abbott Laboratories, Inc) due to the potential risk for inaccurate test results at very low ...

Rising troponin levels after exercise can help identify those at risk of cardiovascular disease or early death; the findings do not mean exercise is harmful. While exercise provides a variety of ...

About 20% of adults who have major non-cardiac surgery had elevated troponin levels, yet nearly all of them did not have symptoms of injury, according to a new scientific statement from the American ...