Predictive value of routine point-of-care cardiac troponin T measurement for prehospital diagnosis and risk-stratification in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive value of routine prehospital point-of-care cardiac troponin T measurement for diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction.

METHODS AND RESULTS: All prehospital emergency medical service vehicles in the Central Denmark Region were equipped with a point-of-care cardiac troponin T device (Roche Cobas h232) for routine use in all patients with a suspected acute myocardial infarction. During the study period, 1 June 2012-30 November 2015, prehospital point-of-care cardiac troponin T measurements were performed in a total of 19,615 cases seen by the emergency medical service and 18,712 point-of-care cardiac troponin T measurements in 15,781 individuals were matched with an admission. A final diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction was confirmed in 2187 cases and a total of 2150 point-of-care cardiac troponin T measurements (11.0%) had a value ≥50 ng/l, including 966 with acute myocardial infarction (sensitivity: 44.2%, specificity: 92.8%). Patients presenting with a prehospital point-of-care cardiac troponin T value ≥50 ng/l had a one-year mortality of 24% compared with 4.8% in those with values <50 ng/l, log-rank: p<0.001. The following variables showed the strongest association with mortality in multivariable analysis: point-of-care cardiac troponin T≥50 ng/l (hazard ratio 2.10, 95% confidence interval: 1.90-2.33), congestive heart failure (hazard ratio 1.93, 95% confidence interval: 1.74-2.14), diabetes mellitus (hazard ratio 1.42, 95% confidence interval: 1.27-1.59) and age, one-year increase (hazard ratio 1.08, 95% confidence interval: 1.08-1.09).

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction and a prehospital point-of-care cardiac troponin T ≥50 ng/l have a poor prognosis irrespective of the final diagnosis. Routine troponin measurement in the prehospital setting has a high predictive value and can be used to identify high-risk patients even before hospital arrival so that they may be re-routed directly for advanced care at an invasive centre.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care - 8(2019), 4 vom: 27. Juni, Seite 299-308

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rasmussen, Martin B [VerfasserIn]
Stengaard, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Sørensen, Jacob T [VerfasserIn]
Riddervold, Ingunn S [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Troels M [VerfasserIn]
Giebner, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Rasmussen, Claus-Henrik [VerfasserIn]
Bøtker, Hans E [VerfasserIn]
Terkelsen, Christian J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute myocardial infarction
Biomarkers
Cardiac troponin
Emergency medical services
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Point-of-care
Prehospital triage/methods
Troponin T

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.12.2019

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/2048872617745893

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM278648428