Table 1. Summary of assay characteristics according to manufacturer.
| Manufacturer | Assay | Platform | Principle of test |
Measuring range
(ng/L) |
Time to first result (minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | High-Sensitivity Troponin I (TnIH) |
Atellica IM analyser | 3-site CLIA | 2.5–25,000 | 10 |
| Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | High-Sensitivity Troponin I (TnIH) |
Advia Centaur | Same as for hs-TnI assay on Atellica IM analyser above | 2.5-25,000 | 18 |
| Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | High-Sensitivity Troponin I (TnIH) |
Dimension Vista | Homogeneous sandwich CLIA based on LOCI® technology. | 3.0–25,000 | 10 |
| Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | High-Sensitivity Troponin I (TnIH) |
Dimension EXL | Same as for hs-TnI assay on Dimension Vista | 4.0–25,000 | 10 |
| Abbott | STAT High Sensitive Troponin-1 | Architect | 2-step immunoassay using CMIA technology. | 10–50,000 | 16 |
| CLIA – Chemiluminescent immunoassay technology. LOCI – Luminescent oxygen channeling assay. CMIA – Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay. STAT – Short turn around testing. hs-TnI – high sensitive troponin I. | |||||