Diagnosis of myocardial infarction: Integration of serum markers and clinical descriptors using information theory

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-13

  Bernstein, Larry H ^a   Qamar, Asad ^a,b   McPherson, Craig ^a,b   Zarich, Stuart ^a,b   Rudolph, Rosser ^c  

^a BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Rudolph Consulting   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THORAX PAIN;

CREATINE KINASE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; ISOENZYMES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0033368581     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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