The predictive value of the bedside troponin T test for patients with acute chest pain

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-301

  Guo, Xiaobi ^a,c   Feng, Jianzhang ^b   Guo, Hengshan ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Bedside troponin T; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE BB; CREATINE KINASE MM; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 33845580446     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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