Troponin I (high sensitivity)
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Department: Biochemistry Requirement:
Add-on requests are accepted up to 24 hours post sampling
Turnaround Time: Up to 24 hours |
Background:
Investigation of acute coronary syndrome in patients presenting with chest pain
Please see the UHNM Guide for the Interpretation of Cardiac Troponin I (cTnI) for information.
The universal definition of MI requires detection of rise and/or fall of cardiac biomarkers values [preferably cardiac troponin (cTn)] with at least one value above the 99th percentile of the upper reference limit and at least one of the following: symptoms of ischaemia; new or presumed new significant ST‑segment‑T wave (ST‑T) changes or new left bundle branch block (LBBB); development of pathological Q waves in the ECG; imaging evidence of new loss of viable myocardium or new regional wall motion abnormality or identification of an intracoronary thrombus by angiography (from Thygson K et al. European Heart Journal 33: 2551-2567)
Other causes of elevated troponin include myocarditis, aortic dissection and pulmonary embolism
Other Comments:
For more information, please see the following: Troponin - Lab Tests Online
See also: NT-proBNP