Use of a quantitative point-of-care test for the detection of serum cardiac troponin T in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 560-562

  Hallani, Hisham ^a,b   Leung, D Y ^a   Newland, E ^a   Juergens, C P ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN T;

EID: 24744458138     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2005.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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