National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines: Clinical characteristics and utilization of biochemical markers in acute coronary syndromes

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Morrow, David A ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Jesse, Robert L ^b   Newby, L Kristin ^c   Ravkilde, Jan ^d   Storrow, Alan B ^e   Wu, Alan H B ^f   Christenson, Robert H ^g  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYELOPEROXIDASE; MYOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; SERUM AMYLOID A; TIROFIBAN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 34247271336     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.182882     Document Type: Review

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