The Advantages of High-sensitivity Troponin Tests

• Meet IFCC guidelines for high-sensitivity troponin testing¹
• Detect cTn above the Limit of Detection in >50% of healthy populations
• Achieve <10% CV below the 99^th percentile URL
• Support current cardiac guidelines for patient management

When a patient comes to the emergency department with a suspected acute coronary syndrome, the speed and accuracy of the diagnostics have a critical impact on outcome and cost of care. (See Figure 1.) 

Figure 1. Breakdown of 10.4M Patients Present with Chest Pain to the Emergency Department Annually^*

High-sensitivity troponin tests drive fast decision making by:

• Accurately identifying ≥94% of true AMI patients in as little as one hour after patient presentation
• Enabling easier interpretation of test results by using whole-number reporting 
  
   

In addition, high-sensitivity troponin assays can:

• Produce prognostic data to assess risk in a variety of clinical situations
• Provide increased clarity to determine a patient's future risk

More sensitive cardiac troponin tests enable greater confidence in results, accelerate a clinician's ability to rule in (or rule out) myocardial infarction, and provide efficiency improvements in cardiac patient management. With more sensitive assays, more rapid serial sampling is now possible. In addition, they enable faster decisions about small changes in low levels of troponin over shorter periods of time.

The 2015 ESC Guidelines (see Figure 2) recommend sampling at 0 and 3 hours, integrating testing with detailed clinical assessment, and a mandatory 12-lead ECG and repeat blood sampling when a patient experiences recurring chest pain.²

Figure 2: 0/3 Hour Protocol Described By 2015 ESC Guidelines

Provide reliable results that physicians can use with confidence to make decisions about patient management. The Access hsTnI assay offers much greater precision at very low levels of troponin, which may help physicians may help interpret small changes in low levels of troponin over shorter periods of time. In addition, Access hsTnI utilizes a new robust design to minimize the effects of pre-analytical variability and known interferences. You can run Access hsTnI on any Access 2 or DxI series immunoassay analyzer.

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