Unnecessary coronary angiography due to false positive troponin I results in a 51-year-old man

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 225-226

  Bionda, C ^a   Collin Chavagnac, D ^b   Chikh, K ^b   Charrie A ^b   Manchon, M ^b   Rousson, R ^a  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA;

ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TROPONIN I;

EID: 33847006249     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.10.007     Document Type: Letter

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