New Troponin Tests Diagnose Heart Attacks Faster and More Accurately
New high-sensitivity cardiac troponin tests can help physicians diagnose a heart attack in as little as an hour.
Dr. Jim Januzzi has been a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiology Division since 2000. He is the Hutter Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is on faculty at the Harvard Clinical Research Institute.
Dr. Januzzi graduated first in his class from New York Medical College in 1994, and subsequently did a residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by a cardiology and echocardiography fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since joining the staff at MGH, Dr. Januzzi is an active clinician, with a focus on heart failure and chronic coronary artery disease. He is an active teacher, and has a busy research program, with a specific focus on cardiac biomarker testing. He has published more than 600 manuscripts, and has edited 5 textbooks. He speaks widely on the topic of biomarker testing in heart disease and treatment of heart failure. He has served as the Cardiology Consultant to the Boston Red Sox since 2005. He is a Trustee of the American College of Cardiology, and an editor at two top cardiology journals.
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Dr. Januzzi has published more than 500 peer reviewed publications, more than 100 review articles and book chapters and has edited 5 text books.
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