Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuernberg General Hospital, Nuernberg, Germany.
Department of Emergency, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018 Jul 26;56(8):1336-1344. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2017-0693.
We evaluated the clinical performance of the Minicare cardiac troponin-I (cTnI), a new point-of-care (POC) cTnI test for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a prospective, multicentre study (ISRCTN77371338).
Of 474 patients (≥18 years) admitted to an emergency department (ED) or chest pain unit (CPU) with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS; ≤12 h from symptom onset), 465 were eligible. Minicare cTnI was tested immediately, 3 h and 6 h after presentation. AMI diagnoses were adjudicated independently based on current guidelines.
The diagnostic performance of the Minicare cTnI test at 3 h was similar for whole blood and in plasma: sensitivity 0.92 vs. 0.90; specificity 0.91 vs. 0.90; positive predictive value (PPV) 0.68 vs. 0.66; negative predictive value (NPV) 0.98 vs. 0.98; positive likelihood ratio (LR+) 10.18 vs. 9.41; negative likelihood ratio (LR-) 0.09 vs. 0.11. The optimal diagnostic performance was obtained at 3 h using cut-offs cTnI >43 ng/L plus cTnI change from admission ≥18.5 ng/L: sensitivity 0.90, specificity 0.96, PPV 0.81, NPV 0.98, and LR+ 21.54. The area under the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve for cTnI whole blood baseline value and absolute change after 3 h curve was 0.93.
These data support the clinical usefulness of Minicare cTnI within a 0 h/3 h-blood sampling protocol supported by current guidelines for the evaluation of suspected ACS.
我们评估了 Minicare 心肌肌钙蛋白 I(cTnI)的临床性能,这是一种新的即时护理(POC)cTnI 检测方法,用于诊断急性心肌梗死(AMI),这是一项前瞻性、多中心研究(ISRCTN77371338)。
在 474 名(≥18 岁)因疑似急性冠状动脉综合征(ACS;症状发作后≤12 小时)而入住急诊科(ED)或胸痛单元(CPU)的患者中,有 465 名符合条件。立即检测 Minicare cTnI,在就诊后 3 小时和 6 小时再次检测。AMI 的诊断是根据当前指南进行独立判定的。
Minicare cTnI 检测在 3 小时时对全血和血浆的诊断性能相似:敏感性为 0.92 与 0.90;特异性为 0.91 与 0.90;阳性预测值(PPV)为 0.68 与 0.66;阴性预测值(NPV)为 0.98 与 0.98;阳性似然比(LR+)为 10.18 与 9.41;阴性似然比(LR-)为 0.09 与 0.11。在使用 3 小时时 cTnI >43 ng/L 且入院后 cTnI 变化≥18.5 ng/L 的截断值时,获得了最佳诊断性能:敏感性 0.90,特异性 0.96,PPV 0.81,NPV 0.98,LR+ 21.54。cTnI 全血基线值和 3 小时后绝对变化的受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线下面积为 0.93。
这些数据支持 Minicare cTnI 在当前指南支持的 0 h/3 h 采血方案中的临床应用价值,用于评估疑似 ACS。