Serial creatine kinase-MB results are a sensitive indicator of acute myocardial infarction in chest pain patients with nondiagnostic electrocardiograms: The second emergency medicine cardiac research group study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 869-877

  Young, Gary P ^a   Gibler, W Brian ^a   Hedges, Jerris R ^a   Hoekstra, James W ^a   Slovis, Corey ^a   Aghababian, Richard ^a   Smith, Mark ^a   Rubison, Mike ^a   Ellis, Jack ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac enzymes; Chest discomfort; Chest pain; CK MB; Creatine kinase; Diagnostic test; Electrocardiogram; Myocardial infarction; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030852557     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03812.x     Document Type: Article

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