The diagnostic value of troponin T testing in the community setting

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Planer, David ^a   Leibowitz, David ^a   Paltiel, Ora ^a   Boukhobza, Rina ^a   Lotan, Chaim ^a   Weiss, Teddy A ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Family physician; Myocardial infarction; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART INFARCTION; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE; THORAX PAIN;

AMBULATORY CARE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 33344477599     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.054     Document Type: Article

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