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The main reasons for this discrepancy are that patients tested for hs-cTn in real-world settings tend to be older and less clinically preselected. Nevertheless, ACS must often be ruled out in patients with atypical presentations. Routine patients also more frequently have impaired renal function and pre-existing cardiac diseases, such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure, or coronary artery disease. These conditions do not necessarily cause the actual acute ED presentation. Using the standard decision limits of the 0 h, 0\/1 h, or 0\/2 h algorithms does not hinder the exclusion of ACS in the ED. However, using them in real-world conditions substantially decreases the positive predictive value for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and classifies a higher percentage of patients into the \u201cobserve (gray) zone\u201d than reported in clinical studies. Patients classified with a working diagnosis of \u201crule-in AMI\u201d often require hospital admission for other reasons, though their discharge diagnosis may differ from AMI. A major challenge in real-world EDs is the high proportion of gray zone hs-cTn concentrations in approximately 50% of tested patients. Therefore, additional hs-cTn sampling at 3 h after admission is often necessary to rule out acute myocardial injury. This review summarizes and critically discusses the evidence for adjusting hs-cTn ED algorithm decision limits according to age, sex, and renal function. 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