Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study

Background: Troponins (highly sensitive biomarkers of myocardial damage) increase counts of myocardial infarction (MI) in clinical practice, but their impact on trends in admission rates for MI in National statistics is uncertain. Methods: Cases coded as MI or other cardiac diagnoses in the Hospital...

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Main Authors: Sanfilippo, F., Hobbs, M., Knuiman, M., Ridout, S., Bradshaw, P., Finn, Judith, Rankin, J., Spivulis, P., Hung, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Biomed Central 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4225
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author Sanfilippo, F.
Hobbs, M.
Knuiman, M.
Ridout, S.
Bradshaw, P.
Finn, Judith
Rankin, J.
Spivulis, P.
Hung, J.
author_facet Sanfilippo, F.
Hobbs, M.
Knuiman, M.
Ridout, S.
Bradshaw, P.
Finn, Judith
Rankin, J.
Spivulis, P.
Hung, J.
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description Background: Troponins (highly sensitive biomarkers of myocardial damage) increase counts of myocardial infarction (MI) in clinical practice, but their impact on trends in admission rates for MI in National statistics is uncertain. Methods: Cases coded as MI or other cardiac diagnoses in the Hospital Morbidity Data Collection (MI-HMDC) in Western Australia in 1998 and 2003 were classified using revised criteria for MI developed by an International panel convened by the American Heart Association (AHA criteria) using information on symptoms, ECGs and cardiac biomarkers abstracted from samples of medical notes. Age-sex standardized rates of MI-HMDC were compared with rates of MI based on AHA criteria including troponins (MI-AHA) or traditional biomarkers only (MI-AHAck). Results: Between 1998 and 2003, rates of MI-HMDC decreased by 3.5% whereas rates of MI-AHA increased by 17%, a difference largely due to increased false-negative cases in the HMDC associated with marked increased use of troponin tests in cardiac admissions generally, and progressively lower test thresholds. In contrast, rates of MIAHAck declined by 18%. Conclusions: Increasing misclassification of MI-AHA by the HMDC may be due to reluctance by clinicians to diagnose MI based on relatively small increases in troponin levels. These influences are likely to continue. Monitoring MI using AHA criteria will require calibration of commercially available troponin tests and agreement on lower diagnostic thresholds for epidemiological studies. Declining rates of MI-AHAck are consistent with longstanding trends in MI in Western Australia, suggesting that neither MI-HMDC nor MI-AHA reflect the true underlying population trends in MI.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-42252018-12-14T00:46:05Z Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study Sanfilippo, F. Hobbs, M. Knuiman, M. Ridout, S. Bradshaw, P. Finn, Judith Rankin, J. Spivulis, P. Hung, J. Background: Troponins (highly sensitive biomarkers of myocardial damage) increase counts of myocardial infarction (MI) in clinical practice, but their impact on trends in admission rates for MI in National statistics is uncertain. Methods: Cases coded as MI or other cardiac diagnoses in the Hospital Morbidity Data Collection (MI-HMDC) in Western Australia in 1998 and 2003 were classified using revised criteria for MI developed by an International panel convened by the American Heart Association (AHA criteria) using information on symptoms, ECGs and cardiac biomarkers abstracted from samples of medical notes. Age-sex standardized rates of MI-HMDC were compared with rates of MI based on AHA criteria including troponins (MI-AHA) or traditional biomarkers only (MI-AHAck). Results: Between 1998 and 2003, rates of MI-HMDC decreased by 3.5% whereas rates of MI-AHA increased by 17%, a difference largely due to increased false-negative cases in the HMDC associated with marked increased use of troponin tests in cardiac admissions generally, and progressively lower test thresholds. In contrast, rates of MIAHAck declined by 18%. Conclusions: Increasing misclassification of MI-AHA by the HMDC may be due to reluctance by clinicians to diagnose MI based on relatively small increases in troponin levels. These influences are likely to continue. Monitoring MI using AHA criteria will require calibration of commercially available troponin tests and agreement on lower diagnostic thresholds for epidemiological studies. Declining rates of MI-AHAck are consistent with longstanding trends in MI in Western Australia, suggesting that neither MI-HMDC nor MI-AHA reflect the true underlying population trends in MI. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4225 10.1186/1471-2261-11-35 Biomed Central fulltext
spellingShingle Sanfilippo, F.
Hobbs, M.
Knuiman, M.
Ridout, S.
Bradshaw, P.
Finn, Judith
Rankin, J.
Spivulis, P.
Hung, J.
Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study
title Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study
title_full Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study
title_fullStr Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study
title_full_unstemmed Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study
title_short Can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: Evidence from a population-based cohort study
title_sort can we monitor heart attack in the troponin era: evidence from a population-based cohort study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4225