Finding acute coronary syndrome with serial troponin testing for rapid assessment of cardiac ischemic symptoms (FAST-TRAC): a study protocol

Objective To determine the utility of a highly sensitive troponin assay when utilized in the emergency department. Methods The FAST-TRAC study prospectively enrolled >1,500 emergency department patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome within 6 hours of symptom onset and 2 hours of emergenc...

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Published in:	Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
Main Authors:	W. Frank Peacock, Alan S. Maisel, Christian Mueller, Stefan D. Anker, Fred S. Apple, Robert H. Christenson, Paul Collinson, Lori B. Daniels, Deborah B. Diercks, Salvatore Di Somma, Gerasimos Filippatos, Gary Headden, Brian Hiestand, Judd E. Hollander, Juan C. Kaski, Joshua M. Kosowsky, John T. Nagurney, Richard M. Nowak, Donald Schreiber, Gary M. Vilke, Marvin A. Wayne, Martin Than
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2022-06-01
Subjects:	acute coronary syndrome troponin emergency medicine myocardial infarction coronary artery disease
Online Access:	http://ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-21-154.pdf

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