Troponin I assay for identification of a significant coronary stenosis in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction and wide QRS complex

  • Background: Common ECG criteria such as ST-segment changes are of limited value in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and bundle branch block or wide QRS complex. A large proportion of these patients do not suffer from an AMI, whereas those with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) equivalent AMI benefit from an aggressive treatment. Aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic information of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in hemodynamically stable patients with wide QRS complex and suspected AMI. Methods: In 417 out of 1818 patients presenting consecutively between 01/2007 and 12/2008 in a prospective multicenter observational study with suspected AMI a prolonged QRS duration was observed. Of these, n = 117 showed significant obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) used as diagnostic outcome variable. cTnI was determined at admission. Results: Patients with significant CAD had higher cTnI levels compared to individuals without (median 250ng/L vs. 11ng/L; p<0.01). To identify patients needing a coronary intervention, cTnI yielded an area under the receiver operator characteristics curve of 0.849. Optimized cut-offs with respect to a sensitivity driven rule-out and specificity driven rule-in strategy were established (40ng/L/96ng/L). Application of the specificity optimized cut-off value led to a positive predictive value of 71% compared to 59% if using the 99th percentile cut-off. The sensitivity optimized cut-off value was associated with a negative predictive value of 93% compared to 89% provided by application of the 99th percentile threshold. Conclusion: cTnI determined in hemodynamically stable patients with suspected AMI and wide QRS complex using optimized diagnostic thresholds improves rule-in and rule-out with respect to presence of a significant obstructive CAD.
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Author:Beatrice von JeinsenGND, Stergios TzikasORCiDGND, Gerhard Pioro, Lars Palapies, Tanja ZellerORCiDGND, Christoph Bickel, Karl Johannes LacknerORCiD, Stephan BaldusGND, Stefan BlankenbergORCiDGND, Thomas Muenzel, Andreas M. ZeiherORCiDGND, Till KellerORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-415027
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154724
ISSN:1932-6203
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27148734
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/05/05
Date of first Publication:2016/05/05
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/09/16
Volume:11
Issue:(5): e0154724
Page Number:13
First Page:1
Last Page:13
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Copyright: © 2016 von Jeinsen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:400651408
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0