Gregori Casals, MD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Core Laboratory (CDB), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Xavier Filella, MD, PhD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Core Laboratory (CDB), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Josep Maria Augé, MD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Core Laboratory (CDB), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Josep Lluis Bedini, MD
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Core Laboratory (CDB), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Keywords: Cardiac troponin; Cardiac markers; Myocardial infarction; Acute coronary syndrome

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

• define myocardial infarction (MI) using the current criteria set by the European Society of Cardiology and the American College of Cardiology (ESC/ACC) and the recent universal definition of MI.
• discuss the role of the measurement of the cardiac isoform of troponin (cTnI) in the diagnosis of MI.
• assist clinicians regarding the significance of an elevated cTnI and guidelines for monitoring cTnI in managing patients who present with chest pain.