Establishing a gradient of risk in patients with acute coronary syndromes using troponin I measurements

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-22

  Al Harbi, Khalid ^a   Suresh, C G ^a   Zubaid, Mohammad ^a   Akanji, Abayomi O ^a,b  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Cardiac markers; Myocardial infarction; Troponins; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0036125005     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048655     Document Type: Article

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