Near-bedside whole-blood cardiac troponin I assay for risk assessment of patients with acute coronary syndromes

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1784-1787

  Apple, Fred S ^a   Murakami, MaryAnn M ^a   Jesse, Robert L ^a   Levitt, M Andrew ^a   Berger, Alan K ^a   Pearce, Lesly A ^a   Collinson, Paul ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036791316     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/48.10.1784     Document Type: Article

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