Introduction: Myocardial injury can be identified by biomarkers extracted from cardiac cells. Troponin is one of them and can be observed in blood and saliva. Saliva is preferred due to its ease of non-invasive and pre-hospital collection. Objective: To review whether the expression of troponin I in salivary fluid in acute myocardial infarction in emergency screening is viable compared to its plasma levels. Method: The literature review was carried out by collecting information published in SciELO, Bibliomed, VHL …