title: [Cardiac troponin I and C: analytical comparison and clinical-biological interpretation of three troponins assays].
abstract: Many assays 1(st), 2(nd) even 3(rd) generation are at present available to determine the concentration of cardiac troponin I and T. With the redefinition of upper reference value in the acute coronary syndromes, the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and analytical performance of 2 troponins assays: Troponin Ic 2(nd) generation (AccuTnI) on Access 2 of Beckman Coulter and Troponin Tc 3(rd)generation (Troponin T STAT) on Elecsys 2010 of Roche Diagnostics. The analytical performance observed with these 2 assays are accurate (analytical and functional sensitivity, repetability and reproductibility). Comparing each method with Dade Behring assay (Flex Troponine-I Cardiaque, TROP) on Dimension RxL, the correlation observed with AccuTnI kit on Access 2 can be put into the equation: AccuTnI = 1.08 (TnIc TROP) - 0.34, r = 0.99. On the contrary, it's more difficult to compare cTnI and cTnT. The study of decisonnal values indicated by Beckman Coulter for cTnI (0.04 microg/L at the 99 degrees percentil, 0.06 microg/L for a CV < or =10%) show a better specificity (76%) and predictive positive value (89%) with a sensitivity at 100% at 0.1 microg/L, fixed and used in the laboratory for its better agreement between sensibility / specificity and its imprecision below 10 %. For the cTnT values published by Roche Diagnostics (0.01 microg/L), at the 99 degrees percentil and 0.03 microg/L for a CV < or = 10%, the specificity is lower, so the decisionnal value 0.1 microg/L seems to be more suitable. During this study, few false positive and negative cTnT values have been observed, in patients with complex pathologies; this eventuality must be taken in consideration if clinical findings are not in good accordance with laboratory results.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de biochimie et biologie moléculaire, hôpital cardiovasculaire et pneumologique Louis-Pradel, Bron, France. clara.bionda@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bionda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pettazzoni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Lafrasse
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ardail
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rousson
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013577:Syndrome; D019209:Troponin C / Q000097:blood*; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D019209:Troponin C; D019210:Troponin I