Role of combined cardiac enzyme assay in chest pain or suspected myocardial infarction with non-diagnostic ECG

Date First Published:

January 26, 2002

Last Updated:

May 12, 2009

Report by:

Lam Yau Yui, Rudolf, MB ChB, Undergraduate (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Three-Part Question:

In [patients with chest pain and a non-diagnostic ECG], is the [combination of cardiac enzymes] sensitive enough to [rule out acute myocardial infarction in the first 3 hours after admission]?