Rapid Assessment and Triaging of Acute Chest Pain Patients Using Human Fatty Acid Binding Protein (the RASTA study): Are we ready for prime time?

Mulugeta Z Fissha^1*, William R Maddox², Almois Mohamad², Stephen W Looney³, Bruce D Janiak⁴, Mahendra K Mandawat⁵, Sunita Dodani⁶ and Vincent J B Robinson²

¹Section of Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA

²Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

³Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

⁴Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA

⁵Department of Cardiology, Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA

⁶Center for Outcome Research and Education, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Mulugeta Z Fissha, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ 07112, USA, Tel: 973-926-7828, Fax: 973-926-8216 Email:

Keywords: Chest pain; Biochemical marker; Heart-type fatty acid binding protein; Point-of care assay

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