Combining different biochemical markers of myocardial ischemia does not improve risk stratification in chest pain patients compared to troponin I alone

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 315-319

  Eggers, Kai M ^a   Oldgren, Jonas ^a   Nordenskjöld, Anna ^a   Lindahl, Bertil ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Ischemic heart disease; Risk prediction; Troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART REINFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOGLOBIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRIAGE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 23044501741     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200508000-00009     Document Type: Article

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