期刊
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 68, 期 3, 页码 441-449出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvab230
关键词
cardiac troponin; AMI; clinical chemistry; acute coronary syndrome; high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assay
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Roche Diagnostics
- Abbott Laboratories
- Beckman Coulter
- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
- Randox Laboratories
- Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
- Canadian Institute of Health Research
- National Institutes of Health
This study evaluated the use of sex-specific delta thresholds for hs-cTnT assay in diagnosing AMI, finding that these thresholds had high diagnostic accuracy and were robust across different study populations.
Background Sex differences in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) concentrations from healthy populations have led to the establishment of sex-specific upper reference limits for hs-cTn assays. This study assessed the performance of sex-specific delta (i.e., changes in concentrations) thresholds for the hs-cTnT assay for ruling in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in different emergency department (ED) populations. Methods This retrospective study consisted of 2 cohorts (Cohort 1 derivation and Cohort 2 validation). Cohort 1 consisted of 18 056 ED patients who had serial hs-cTnT measured using a 0-h/3-h algorithm at a US medical center, with Cohort 2 consisting of 1137 ED patients with 0-h/3-h sampling at a Canadian medical center. The primary outcome was AMI diagnosis with sex-specific deltas derived based on the Youden index and specificity estimates (i.e., >= 90%) in Cohort 1 and validated in Cohort 2. Results In Cohort 1, 42% of all patients had 0-h hs-cTnT above the sex-specific 99th percentile. Males had higher 0-h hs-cTnT (median 17 ng/L) and absolute deltas (median 2 ng/L) than females (0-h median 11 ng/L, P < 0.0001; deltas median 1 ng/L, P < 0.0001) in non-AMI patients but not in patients with AMI. For ruling in AMI, the sex-specific delta thresholds based on 90% specificity (14 ng/L for males, 11 ng/L for females) performed best and resulted in 91% diagnostic accuracy in both males and females. The sex-specific delta thresholds yielding high specificity estimates were confirmed in the validation data set. Conclusions Sex-specific absolute delta thresholds can be used to rule in AMI and are robust across different study populations.
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