Part II: It Takes a Team— Incorporating High-Sensitivity Troponin Into Clinical Care
Program Goals
First Program in Series Part I—A Sensible Approach to Sensitive Troponin
Potential Challenges of hs-cTn
Strategies for Implementation of hs-cTn
Before Transition to hs-cTn
Role of Multidisciplinary hs-cTn Implementation Team
Protocol for Patient Evaluation
TRAPID-AMI Protocol for Early Rule Out/Rule In of AMI
Postimplementation of hs-cTn
Cardiac Troponin Evolution of Temporal Serial Sampling
Reductions in Morbidity/Mortality After Introduction of Sensitive cTn Assay
5 Key Steps to hs-cTn Implementation
Cardiac Troponin Units of Measure
Cardiac Troponin Assays High Accuracy, Different Precision
Comparison of Rule-Out Strategies for AMI Using hs-cTn
APACE Effect of hs-cTn Introduction
Advantages/Challenges of POC cTn Testing
Advantages/Challenges of hs-cTn Testing
Cardiac Troponins
Summary
Follow-Up Program in Series
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