Author(s): Stefan Hunter
Measurement of cardiac troponin is important within the diagnostic workup of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome and therefore the advent of high sensitivity (hs-) cardiac troponin assays permits safe and swift diagnosis of acute myocardial infarct. More recently, evidence is amassing for the utilization of cardiac troponin measured with hs-assays in predicting incident disorder like myocardial infarct, coronary failure, fibrillation, and ischaemic stroke.
