High Sensitivity Near Patient Cardiac Troponin

A blood test is used to help detect a heart attack by measuring a protein called troponin. A company named Quidel is sponsoring a research study to see how a blood test that they make helps to diagnose heart attacks.

Inova Fairfax Hospital
3300 Gallows Rd.
Falls Church, VA 22042

Christopher deFilippi, MD

• Subjects must be at least 21 years of age
• Subjects must present to the ED with signs and symptoms of MI

• Subject is unwilling or unable to comply with the study procedures
• Subject is unable to provide informed consent