A preliminary study of the utility of combined cardiac markers in the evaluation of patients presenting early with suspected acute coronary syndrome

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 772-776

  Lim, Jimmy ^a   Hawkins, R C ^a   Ng, K ^a   Chan, S P ^a   Cheng, A ^a   Ng, K S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Creatine kinase MB mass; Major adverse clinical event; Myoglobin; Troponin I

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0036880545     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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