Analytical Error of Cardiac Troponin and Impact on the Performance of Accelerated Diagnostic Protocols in Patients with Acute Chest Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study simulates how assay-specific bias influences the diagnostic performance of 0/1-h accelerated diagnostic protocols (ADPs) for 3 different high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays.

Methods

We included 1493 patients presenting with chest pain. hs-cTnT (Roche Diagnostics), hs-cTnI from Abbott Diagnostics (hs-cTnI-A), and Siemens Healthineers (hs-cTnI-S) were measured at admission. The absolute total error observed in a state-of-the-art EQA study were added to the admission concentrations, producing 6 new variables being adjusted for maximum possible bias (if analytical variation is 0) (+biasmean, +biasmax95%CI, +biasmin95%CI, -biasmean, -biasmax95%CI, -biasmin95%CI). The influence of this "worst-case scenario" bias was compared after calculating se

SUBMITTER: Saeed N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12670582 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature