Troponin assays for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome: Where do we stand?

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-514

  Eisenman, Arie ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Myocardial infarction; Troponin I; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOGLOBIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 33748117367     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.4.4.509     Document Type: Review

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