Table 5.
Potentially misdiagnosed patients with low cTn thresholds and copeptin
Sex | Age | Dyslipidaemia | Smoke | Diabetes | Hypertension | Personal history of CAD | Chest pain since | CPO category | cTnI | HS-cTnT | Copeptin |
M | 89 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | 1 hour 15 min | <2 hours (very early presenters) | 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) | 44.9 ng/L | 208.7 pmol/L |
M | 86 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 30 min | 0.06 µg/L (60 ng/L) | 11.3 ng/L | 77.2 pmol/L | |
W | 35 | No | No | No | No | No | 50 min | 0.01 µg/L (10 ng/L) | <3 ng/L | 54.7 pmol/L | |
W | 44 | No | Yes | No | No | No | 45 min | 0.01 µg/L (10 ng/L) | <3 ng/L | 10.7 pmol/L | |
W | 74 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 3 hours | 2–4 hours | 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) | 8.8 ng/L | 10.7 pmol/L |
M | 34.2 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 2 hours 35 min | 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) | <3 ng/L | 23.5 pmol/L | |
M | 55 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 3 hours 50 min | 0.02 µg/L (20 ng/L) | 6 ng/L | 25.9 pmol/L | |
M | 34 | No | Yes | No | No | No | 3 hours 15 min | 0.01 µg/L (10 ng/L) | 4 ng/L | 52.4 pmol/L | |
M | 61 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 3 hours | 0.03 µg/L (30 ng/L) | 19.7 ng/L | 27.2 pmol/L | |
M | 59 | No | No | No | No | No | 2 hours 45 min | 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) | 10.1 ng/L | 241.8 pmol/L |
CAD, coronary artery disease; CPO, chest pain onset; cTn, cardiac troponin; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; M, men; W, women.