Abstract
Recently, the Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction proposed that "any amount of myocardial necrosis caused by ischemia should be labeled as an infarct" (1). The same committee agreed that a troponin concentration higher than the 99th percentile of a reference control group is one of the most specific (biochemical) markers of myocardial infarction. The maximum allowable imprecision at this decision limit has arbitrarily been set at a CV of 10% (1)(2) although it is not stated whether the 10% relates to total CV. Because an increasing number of nonstandardized commercial methods
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1626-1627 |
| Journal | Clinical Chemistry |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |