Improved identification of acute coronary syndromes with second generation cardiac troponin I assay: Utility of 2-hour delta cTnI ≥+0.02 ng/mL

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-152

  Fesmire, Francis M ^a,b   Fesmire, Connie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Erlanger Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Cardiac serum marker analysis; Cardiac Troponin I; CK MB; Creatine kinase MB

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; MARKER; TROPONIN I;

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0036175056     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00456-5     Document Type: Article

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