Richard Mainwaring-Burton wrote:

Why not drop the CK-MB and save some money for the new Year and use troponin as your front line marker. The only drawback is the time window of 12 hours for troponin.

That's not the only drawback of Troponin (T or I)

There is always the possibility of false positives due to microclots, microparticles orbits of gel.

Mike Collins
BMS3
Clinical Biochemistry & Haematology
Norfolk & Norwich Hospital
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