High-sensitivity cardiac troponin and the 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR guidelines for the evaluation and diagnosis of acute chest pain

Y Sandoval, FS Apple, SA Mahler, R Body… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
The 2021 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/American Society of
Echocardiography/American College of Chest Physicians/Society for Academic Emergency …

Recommendations for Institutions Transitioning to High-Sensitivity Troponin Testing: JACC Scientific Expert Panel

JL Januzzi, SA Mahler, RH Christenson… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) I or T methods have been in use in certain regions
for years but are now increasingly globally adopted, including in the United States …

[HTML][HTML] Bariatric surgery reduces cancer risk in adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and severe obesity

VK Rustgi, Y Li, K Gupta, CD Minacapelli, A Bhurwal… - gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with obesity and
increased risk of cancer. The impacts of bariatric surgery on cancer risk in NAFLD patients …

The high burden of alcoholic cirrhosis in privately insured persons in the United States

JL Mellinger, K Shedden, GS Winder, E Tapper… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alcoholic cirrhosis (AC) is a major cause of liver‐related morbidity and mortality in the United
States. Rising rates of alcohol use disorders in the United States will likely result in more …

A randomized trial of a 1-hour troponin T protocol in suspected acute coronary syndromes: the rapid assessment of possible acute coronary syndrome in the …

DP Chew, K Lambrakis, A Blyth, A Seshadri… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: High-sensitivity troponin assays promise earlier discrimination of myocardial
infarction. Yet, the benefits and harms of this improved discriminatory performance when …

Association of bariatric surgery with cardiovascular outcomes in adults with severe obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

MI Elsaid, Y Li, JFP Bridges, G Brock… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There are no approved treatments for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
despite its association with obesity and increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of emergency department patients with suspected non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes

MD Brown, SJ Wolf, R Byyny… - Annals of …, 2018 - annemergmed.com
This clinical policy from the American College of Emergency Physicians addresses key
issues in the evaluation and management of patients with suspected non–ST-elevation …

Care Models for Acute Chest Pain That Improve Outcomes and Efficiency: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

LP Dawson, K Smith, L Cullen, Z Nehme… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Existing assessment pathways for acute chest pain are often resource-intensive, prolonged,
and expensive. In this review, the authors describe existing chest pain pathways and current …

Prognostic accuracy of the HEART score for prediction of major adverse cardiac events in patients presenting with chest pain: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

SM Fernando, A Tran, W Cheng… - Academic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The HEART score has been proposed for emergency department (ED) prediction
of major adverse cardiac events (MACE). We sought to summarize all studies assessing the …

Performance of coronary risk scores among patients with chest pain in the emergency department

DG Mark, J Huang, U Chettipally, MV Kene… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
Abstract Background: Both the modified History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors and
Troponin (HEART) score and the Emergency Department Assessment of Chest pain Score …