On Sept. 22, 2021, all Emory Healthcare hospitals and Grady Memorial Hospital will transition to high-sensitivity troponin I (hs-TnI) testing for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction. Emory laboratory medicine specialists, cardiologists, emergency medicine physicians, hospital medicine physicians, and critical care physicians have collaborated to develop the following educational tools and hs-TnI clinical protocols for our frontline clinicians.
Educational video links
- Emory educational video on high-sensitivity troponin I testing (< 10 minutes)
- Emory educational video on accurate classification and documentation of the types of myocardial infarction and of nonischemic myocardial injury (Coming Soon)
- Emory Cardiology Grand Rounds presentation from September 13, 2021 on high-sensitivity troponin testing (1 hour)
High-sensitivity troponin I clinical protocols
