Weaam Alazrag, Hanan Idris, Yousef Me Saad, Aisha Etaher, Shiquan Ren, Ian Ferguson, Craig Juergens, Derek P Chew, James Otton, Paul M Middleton, John K French
OBJECTIVES: To examine management and outcomes of patients presenting to EDs with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome, who have mild non-dynamically elevated high-sensitivity troponin T (HsTnT) levels, not meeting the fourth universal definition of myocardial infarction (MI) criteria (observation group). METHODS: Consecutive patients presenting to the ED with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia, those having ≥2 HsTnT levels after initial assessment were adjudicated according to the fourth universal definition of MI, as MI ruled-in, MI ruled-out, or myocardial injury in whom MI is neither ruled-in nor ruled-out (>1 level ≥15 ng/L, called observation group); follow-up was 5 years...
September 13, 2023: Emergency Medicine Australasia: EMA