Table 3.
Final diagnosis for all patients and percentages of patients with a single blood draw and a baseline (T0) troponin I value above the adopted threshold by TnI and hsTnI. ACS = acute coronary syndrome; HF = heart failure; GI = gastrointestinal; NSCP = nonspecific chest pain.
| Diagnosis | N | Single blood draw |
cTnI above threshold at T0 |
hs-cTnI above threshold at T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACS | 45 | 11.1% | 81.6% | 83.7% |
| Severe arrhythmia |
45 | 75.6% | 24.4% | 31.1% |
| Acute HF | 22 | 54.5% | 54.5% | 77.3% |
| Lung disease | 46 | 87.0% | 21.7% | 37.0% |
| Neurological disease |
74 | 86.5% | 6.8% | 10.8% |
| GI disease | 46 | 82.6% | 10.9% | 15.2% |
| NSCP | 92 | 58.7% | 4.3% | 7.6% |
| Other | 56 | 83.9% | 5.4% | 21.4% |
| Total | 426 | 69.0% | 19.2% | 27.0% |