Journal article
Determination of Clinically Acceptable Analytical Variation of Cardiac Troponin at Decision Thresholds
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinical decision-making for risk stratification for possible myocardial infarction (MI) uses high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) thresholds that range from the limit of detection to several-fold higher than the upper reference limit (URL). To establish a minimum analytical variation standard, we can quantify the effect of variation on the population clinical measures of safety (sensitivity) and effectiveness [proportion …
Authors
Pickering JW; Kavsak P; Christenson RH; Troughton RW; Pemberton CJ; Richards AM; Joyce L; Than MP
Journal
Clinical Chemistry, Vol. 70, No. 7, pp. 967–977
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
July 5, 2024
DOI
10.1093/clinchem/hvae059
ISSN
0009-9147