Cardiac marker point-of-care testing: Evaluation of rapid on-site biochemical marker analysis for diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 421-427

  Hsu, Li Fern ^a   Koh, T H ^b   Lim, Y L ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Creatine kinase MB; Myoglobin; Point of care testing; Troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; ISOENZYME; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOGLOBIN; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0034231932     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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