Considerations and pragmatic strategies for implementation of point of care testing for high sensitivity cardiac troponin into the acute care setting

Paul Collinson, Leo Lam, John W. Pickering, Robert Christenson, Lieve Van Hoovels, Lena Jafri, Louise Cullen, Allan S. Jaffe, Fred S. Apple, Ola Hammarsten, Torbjørn Omland, Yader Sandoval, Nicholas L. Mills, Martin Than, Vanessa Buchan, Sverre Sandberg, Kristin M. Aakre Implementing a bedside diagnostic device in a hospital setting presents a challenge. Particularly if it […]

Design and rationale of the HARTc 2.0 trial: A multicenter randomized controlled study on the impact of point-of-care high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-I testing in prehospital acute coronary syndrome triage on diagnosis and cost-effectiveness

Van der Lande, Anne Catherine M. H.; Diederiks, Nina M.; de Koning, Enrico R.; Bosch, Jan; Romijn, Fred P. H. T. M.; Van der Loo, Wouter P. M; Van den Akker – Van Marle, M. Elske; Dehnavi, Reza Alizadeh; Tietge, Wouter J.; Mertens, Bart J. A.; Jukema, J. Wouter; Cobbaert, Christa M.; Schalij, Martin J.; […]

High-sensitivity point-of-care measurement of cardiac troponin: A scientific statement of the association for acute cardiovascular care of the ESC

Louise Cullen, Johannes Mair, Ola Hammarsten, Carsten Stengaard, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Lori B Daniels, Kurt Huber, Evangelos Giannitsis, Allan S Jaffe, Dorien M Kimenai, Konstantin A Krychtiuk, Bertil Lindahl, Martin Möckel, Christian Mueller, Matthias Thielmann, Kristian Thygesen, Nicholas L Mills Point-of-care testing is booming, particularly with regard to troponin testing in the management of acute coronary […]

French laboratories turn-around-time (TAT) for troponin measurement for Emergency Departments: the EN-TRO-PRISE survey

Camille Gobeaux, Guillaume Lefevre, Bruno Lehodey, Mathieu Kuentz, Valery Bourbonneux, Matthieu Pecquet, Pierre Hausfater, Marie-Christine Beauvieux, Cédric Gil-Jardine, Christophe Choquet, Valérie Machie, Valéry Brunel, Jérémy Guenezan, Sandrine Charpentier, Yann-Erick Claessens Why such a survey? Because it seemed essential to measure, at the national level, the turnaround times for troponin results from hospital laboratories (27 participating […]