Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Evaluation of a bedside whole-blood rapid troponin T assay in the emergency department. Rapid Evaluation by Assay of Cardiac Troponin T (REACTT) Investigators Study Group.
To evaluate the performance of a new bedside whole-blood rapid assay for cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in patients presenting to the ED with symptoms consistent with acute coronary ischemia. ⋯ The sensitivity of this whole-blood rapid cTnT assay for detecting AMI is comparable to that of current serum assays and offers the advantage of providing rapid bedside results. Discrepancies between serum and whole-blood assays for cTnT noted in this study may indicate the need for further education for the test reader prior to patient use.