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    Prognostic implications of elevated troponin I in acute coronary syndrome
    (2008-09-02) Schwartz, Jonathan
    A positive rapid troponin I assay drawn during an episode of ACS is a reliable predictor of an adverse short-term, 30-day outcome, specifically death or MI. However, a negative rapid troponin I assay does not reliably indicate an absence of myocardial damage and predicts neither event-free short-term nor low-risk status of subsequent cardiac events. The event rate for patients with a negative rapid troponin I assay was 5.9% (132/2245 patients).