Publications by authors named "Madeleine Schleffer"

Background: Current guidelines define cardiac troponin I (TnI) as an indicator of necrosis when the concentration exceeds the 99% upper limit of a healthy reference population, a reference value near the assay's lowest detectable level. We assessed the utility of a modified TnI cutoff point derived from a population at low risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) and evaluated its utility in determining acute myocardial infarction (MI).

Methods: A modified TnI cutoff point was derived by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve from 737 consecutive patients who underwent serial TnI measurements for exclusion of MI.

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