Analytical and diagnostic performance of troponin assays in patients suspicious for acute coronary syndromes

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 359-368

  Heeschen, Christopher ^a,d   Deu, Ariane ^b   Langenbrink, Lukas ^b   Goldmann, Britta U ^b   Hamm, Christian W ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Emergency room; Prognosis; Troponin; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFARCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0033778854     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(00)00144-2     Document Type: Article

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