Troponin Testing and Coronary Syndrome in Geriatric Patients With Nonspecific Complaints: Are We Overtesting?
Alfred Z WangJason T SchafferDaniel B HoltKeaton L MorganBenton R HunterPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2019)
While consideration for ACS is prudent in selected elderly patients with NSCs, ACS was rare and no patients received reperfusion therapy. Given the false-positive rate in our study, our results may not support routine troponin testing for ACS in this population.
Keyphrases
- acute coronary syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- acute myocardial infarction
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- stem cells
- case report
- clinical practice
- cerebral ischemia
- middle aged
- brain injury
- aortic stenosis
- acute ischemic stroke
- left ventricular