Triage^® Cardiac Panel: Publications

Ninety-minute accelerated critical pathway for chest pain evaluation
The American Journal of Cardiology, September 15 2001, Volume 88, Number 6
Authors: Siu Ming Ng, BS; Padma Krishnaswamy, MD; Robin Morissey, RN; Paul Clopton, MS; Robert Fitzgerald, PhD, and Alan S. Maisel, MD

Ninety-minute exclusion of acute myocardial infarction by use of quantitative point-of-care testing of myoglobin and troponin I
Circulation, September 2001, Volume 104, No.13
Authors: James McCord , MD; Richard M. Nowak, MD, MBA; Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH; Craig Foreback, PhD; Steven Borzak, MD; Glenn Tokarski, MD; Michael C. Tomlanovich, MD; Gordon Jacobsen, MS; W. Douglas Weaver, MD

Beside multimarker testing for risk stratification in chest pain units: The chest pain evaluation by creatine kinase-MB, myoglobin, and troponin I (checkmate) Study
Circulation, April 2001, Volume 103 Number 14
Authors: L. Kristin Newby, MD; Alan B. Storrow, MD; W. Brian Gibler, MD; J. Lee Garvey, MD; John F. Tucker, MD; Andrew L. Kaplan, MD; Donal H. Schreiber, MD; Robert H. Tuttle, MSPH; Steven E. McNulty, MS; E. Magnus Ohman, MD

A prospective study of an algorithm using cardiac troponin I and myoglobin as adjuncts in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and intermediate coronary syndromes in a veteran’s hospital
Clinical Cardiology, December 2000, Volume 23
Authors: Alan S. Maisel, MD; Kathleen Templin, MN; Martha Love, MN; Paul Clopton, MS

Simultaneous rapid measurement of whole blood myoglobin, creatine kinase MB, and cardiac troponin I by the Triage Cardiac Panel for detection of myocardial infarction
Clinical Chemistry, 1999, 45 Number 2
Authors: Fred S. Apple; Robert H.Christenson; Roland Valdes, Jr.; Alexander J. Andriak; Amy Berg; Show-Hong Duh; Yue-Jin Feng; Saeed A. Jortani; Nancy A. Johnson; Brenda Koplen; Kristin Mascotti; Alan H.B. Wu

Characterization of cardiac troponin subunit release into serum after acute myocardial infarction and comparison of assays for troponin T and I
Clinical Chemistry, 1998, 44 Number 6
Authors: Alan H.B. Wu; Yue-Jin Feng; Robert Moore; Fred S. Apple; Paul H. McPherson; Kenneth F. Buechler; and Geza Bodo

A strategy for the use of cardiac injury markers (troponin I and T, creatine kinase-MB Mass and isoforms and myoglobin) in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
Arc Pathology Laboratory Medicine, March 1998, Volume 122
Authors: Gerald K. Kost, MD, PhD; J. Douglas Kirk, MD; Kathy Omand, BS, MT

Costs and outcomes of patients admitted with chest pain and essentially normal electrocardiograms
Clinical Cardiology, January 1998, Volume 12
Authors: Peter A. Mccullough, MD,MPH; Osama Ayad, MD; William W.O’Neill, MD; James A. Goldstein, MD

Early diagnostic efficiency of cardiac troponin I and troponin T for acute myocardial infarction
Academic Emergency Medicine, January 1997, Volume 4 Number 1
Authors: John F. Tucker, MD; Richard A. Collins, MD, PhD; Alfred J. Anderson, MS; Jacqueline Hauser, BS; John Kalas, BA; Fred S. Apple, PhD

Articles

The triage cardiac panel: Cardiac markers for the triage system
Point of Care, March 2002, Volume 1 Number 1
Authors: Thomas J. Clark, BS, MT; Paul H. McPherson, PhD; Kenneth Buechler, PhD

Finding it fast: Biotech passes test for product that tracks down heart attack
Investor’s Business Daily, March 15 2000
Author: Gloria Lau

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Standards of Laboratory Practice: Recommendations for the use of cardiac markers in coronary artery diseases
Clinical Chemistry, 1999, Number 7

Test may speed heart attack diagnosis
Modern Healthcare, June 7, 1999
Author: Scott Hensley

CK-MB, myoglobin and cardiac troponin I
Clinical Lab Products, May 1998, Volume 27 Number 5

Coming to a consensus on cardiac markers
Clinical Laboratory News, January 1998
Author: Nell Boyce

Beyond traditional quality control: How to check costs and quality of point-of-care testing
Medical Laboratory Observer, September 1997
Author: Glen L. Hortin, MD, PhD

Biochemical markers of myocardial injury
Advance Laboratory, January 1996
Authors: Thomas P. Lohmann, MD; Yvonne G. Lohmann, RN

Forging partnerships that work: a strategy for near-patient testing
Clinical Laboratory Management Review, March/April 1994
Author: Patrick W. Barnes