Cardiac Biomarker Testing in US Emergency Departments

Cian P McCarthy; Nathan W Watson; Jason H Wasfy; Christopher W Baugh; James L Januzzi Jr; Eric A Secemsky

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7554

Cardiac Biomarker Testing in US Emergency Departments

JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Mar 1;185(3):343-346. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7554.

Authors

Cian P McCarthy^{1

2}, Nathan W Watson^{1

3

4}, Jason H Wasfy^{1

2}, Christopher W Baugh^{1

5}, James L Januzzi Jr^{1

2

6}, Eric A Secemsky^{1

4

7}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
³ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 39869350
PMCID: PMC11773398 (available on 2026-01-27)
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.7554

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study identifies variables in cardiac biomarker testing and their association with acute coronary syndrome incidence among adults visiting the emergency department.