The new and old definitions of acute myocardial infarction: a data-based comparison

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-531

  Nagurney, John Tobias ^a   Huang, Calvin ^b   Heredia, Orlando ^a   Sane, Swati ^a   Lewis, Sarah C ^c   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Jang, Ik Kyung ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44449169851     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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