Allan S. Jaffe,  M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Chair, CCLS Division in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Locations:

• Geffen Auditorium (Live)
• Broadcast to SMH Alfred M-459 and Baldwin 4-316/Baldwin 4-516
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross (Video Conference)

Lunch available outside Geffen Auditorium and SMH Alfred M-459 on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the ways in which high sensitivity cardiac troponin assays different from the prior cardiac troponin assays used clinically at the Mayo Clinic
• Employ the advantages of high sensitivity cardiac troponin testing in the evaluation of patients with possible acute myocardial infarction
• Diagnose the different types of myocardial infarctions that can now be recognized with the use of high sensitivity cardiac troponin testing
• Identify those situations where caution is necessary in interpreting high sensitivity high cardiac troponin values

Financial Disclosures:

• Consultant - Abbott, Beckman-Coulter, ET Healthcare, Novartis Pharma, Quidel, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Siemens, Sphingotec

Off Label/Investigational Uses:

• None

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