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A nurse is caring for a client with a possible acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The electrocardiogram (ECG) shows no ST segment elevations or depression. The nurse is aware that an elevation of which lab result will determine if there has been cardiac injury?

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Rationale: Troponins are the most specific and sensitive markers for myocardial injury, rising within hours of an AMI and confirming cardiac damage.

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