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Open Access 01-12-2020 | Myocardial Infarction | Brief Report
Overuse of Cardiac Troponin Among Hospitalized Patients: A Cohort Study of Biomarker “Superusers”
Published in: Cardiology and Therapy | Issue 2/2020
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The value of repeated measurements of cardiac troponin following the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unclear.
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We investigated patterns of care among patients who underwent ≥ 20 troponin assays during hospitalization.
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The results of the analysis showed that repeated measurement of troponin was often encouraged by consultant cardiologists, despite a low rate of AMI and many patients being ineligible for coronary angiography.
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Consultant cardiologists should not indiscriminantly recommend potentially wasteful laboratory assays.
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