CARDIOVASCULAR II: BIOMARKERS OF ACS (MLS)
Learning Lab for Medical Laboratory Scientists
Author information
Fred S. Apple, Ph.D
Li Zha, Ph.D
Learning objectives:
- Describe ischemia and acute coronary syndrome
- Describe the Fourth Universal Definition of myocardial infarction (2018)
- Describe the biochemistry of cardiac troponin
- Describe cardiac troponin assays and the standardization of cardiac troponin testing
- Describe the determination of 99th percentile upper reference limits of cardiac troponin
- Describe the clinical use of cardiac troponin