Research Article

A Rational Adoption of the High Sensitive Assay for Cardiac Troponin I in Diagnostic Routine

Figure 6

These patients (female, 82 years, acute hearth failure) would have been effectively ruled out for an acute coronary syndrome by the hsTnI assay after 3 hours, according to the ESC guidelines [2], but not by TnI. Percentages in red represent the increase compared to baseline. Red line: threshold for hsTnI; blue line: threshold for TnI.