ACCEL Lite: High-Sensitivity Troponin in The ED: Pearls And Pitfalls of Wide-spread Utilization

<p>Use of the newer high-sensitivity troponins offer significant advantages, but with a number of caveats.  Although the ability to accelerate the exclusion of myocardial infarction in many patients within just a few hours of ED presentation, the increased sensitivity can potentially lead to diagnostic confusion as more patients will have detectable troponin indicating myocardial injury not associated myocardial infarction.</p> <p>In this interview, Michael C Kontos, MD, FACC, Ana Barac MD, PhD, FACC, with Aaysha Cader, MBBS, MD, MRCP, discuss High-Sensitivity Troponin in The ED: Pearls And Pitfalls of Wide-spread Utilization.</p> <p><a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/eagles-eye-view-your-weekly-cv-update-from-acc-org/id1274635046"> Subscribe on Apple</a> Podcasts | <a href= "https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I6dtkumvaipematzgzmbph2koiq"> Subscribe on Google Play</a> | <a href= "http://www.acc.org/education-and-meetings/products-and-resources/accel-audio"> Subscribe to ACCEL</a></p>