Point-of-care cardiac troponin testing: Process improvements for detection of acute myocardial infarction

Point of Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-27

  Apple, Fred S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin; Myocardial infarction; Outcomes; Point of care; Triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746091978     PISSN: 1533029X     EISSN: 15330303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00134384-200603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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