TY - JOUR AU - Liebetrau, Christoph AU - Weber, Michael AU - Tzikas, Stergios AU - Palapies, Lars AU - Möllmann, Helge AU - Pioro, Gerhard AU - Zeller, Tanja AU - Beiras-Fernandez, Andres AU - Bickel, Christoph AU - Zeiher, Andreas M. AU - Lackner, Karl J. AU - Baldus, Stephan AU - Nef, Holger M. AU - Blankenberg, Stefan AU - Hamm, Christian W. AU - Münzel, Thomas AU - Keller, Till PY - 2015 DA - 2015/07/27 TI - Identification of acute myocardial infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation and chest pain with a contemporary sensitive troponin I assay JO - BMC Medicine SP - 169 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - The introduction of modern troponin assays has facilitated diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction due to improved sensitivity with corresponding loss of specificity. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with elevated levels of troponin. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of troponin I in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome and chronic AF. SN - 1741-7015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0410-8 DO - 10.1186/s12916-015-0410-8 ID - Liebetrau2015 ER -