Cardiac biomarkers and acute coronary syndromes - The Euro Heart Survey of Acute Coronary Syndromes experience

European Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1189-1194

  Hasdai, David ^a   Behar, Solomon ^b   Boyko, Valentina ^b   Danchin, Nicholas ^c   Bassand, Jean Pierre ^d   Battler, Alexander ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Acute myocardial infarction; Biomarker; Creatine kinase; Diagnosis; Troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ASSAY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 0037929751     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00204-5     Document Type: Review

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