Abnormal laboratory results: New cardiac markers

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 88-90

  Hickman, Peter E ^a   Potter, Julia M ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

B type natriuretic peptide; Cardiac troponin; Creatine kinase MB isoenzyme; High sensitivity C reactive protein

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0042672583     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2003.065     Document Type: Short Survey

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