Bedside Testing of Cardiac Troponin T and Myoglobin for the Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with a Nondiagnostic Electrocardiogram in the Emergency Department

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 159-161

  Kellett, John ^a   Hirschl, Michael M ^b   Derhaschnig, Ulla ^b   Collinson, Paul O ^c   Gaze, David ^c   Haass, Markus ^d   Katus, Hugo A ^e   Chwallek, Frank ^e   Mueller Bardorff, Margit ^f   Ordóñez Llanos, Jordi ^g   Mercé Muntañola, Javier ^g   Santaló Bell, Miquel ^g   Sylvén, Christer ^h   Schulz, Ilse ⁱ   Zerback, Rainer ⁱ  

^a St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d St Hedwig Klinik GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^h KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; myoglobin; nondiagnostic EKG; point of care testing; troponin T

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644507733     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00134384-200412000-00004     Document Type: Article

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