Cardiac troponin I for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 550-555

  D'Costa, Mario ^a,b   Fleming, Elnora ^a   Patterson, Maxwell C ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiac troponin I; Emergency department; Myoglobin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0030724049     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/108.5.550     Document Type: Article

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