The research found a link between increased levels of cardiac troponin and more rapid cognitive decline in later years.

New ultra-sensitive blood tests can rapidly detect when heart muscle is dying from a heart attack, even from the moment the patient arrives in the emergency room, according to two studies on Wednesday ...

A new test has been developed in Turku, Finland, that helps in separating heart attack patients from those whose cardiac troponin values are elevated due to renal insufficiency. Blood sample tests for ...

A test used by doctors in the emergency room to determine if a person is having a heart attack is now equipped to be more sensitive than ever. In addition to diagnosing heart attacks earlier, the test ...

A new test has been developed in Turku, Finland, that helps in separating heart attack patients from those whose cardiac troponin values are elevated due to renal insufficiency. Blood sample tests for ...

High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays may eventually play a part in an overall strategy for evaluating patients who present with stable chest pain symptoms and possible coronary disease, an ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Architect Stat (Abbott Laboratories) high-sensitivity troponin-I assay, which can detect myocardial infarction (MI) faster and more ...

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The most common reason people get admitted to the hospital is for chest pain. Sometimes, EKGs and other tests add to the challenge of figuring out what's really going on. Now, ...

Preliminary results with a point-of-care test developed to assess cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in saliva rather than blood have shown cTnl can be detected in the saliva of patients with proven myocardial ...

Certain blood tests have been recalled due to risk for false negative or falsely low cardiac troponin levels. The FDA designated the recall as serious due to the risks of a missed or delayed MI ...