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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays facilitate the ruling-out of myocardial infarction (MI) but identify a high number of patients with elevated troponin levels but without MI.

Consequently, the term myocardial injury was included in the latest universal definition of MI. In the High-STEACS trial, use of a hs-cTnI assay was safe but had no prognostic benefit.

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AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Kerckhoff Heart and Thorax Center, Department of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany Till Keller & Christian W. Hamm * German Center for Cardiovascular Research

(DZHK), Partner site RheinMain, Bad Nauheim, Germany Till Keller & Christian W. Hamm * University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Christian

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