Early diagnostic efficiency of cardiac troponin I and troponin T for acute myocardial infarction

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-21

  Tucker, John F ^a   Collins, Richard A ^b   Anderson, Alfred J ^b   Hauser, Jacqueline ^d   Kalas, John ^e   Apple, Fred S ^c  

^a ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dade International ^*  (United States)

^d Division of Integrated Services

^e Division of Immunochemistry

Author keywords

CK MB; creatine kinase; diagnosis; emergency department; myocardial infarction; myoglobin; test performance; troponin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031012733     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03637.x     Document Type: Article

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