Falsely elevated cardiac troponin I attributed to inappropriate dilution material

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-125

  Er, Tze Kiong ^a,b   Jong, Yuh Jyh ^a,b   Chiang, Chein Hua ^b   Chen, Po Chih ^b   Huang, Chun Chi ^c   Ginés, Miguel Ángel Ruiz ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Kaohsiung Hsio Kang Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILUENT; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DILUTION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT; THORAX PAIN; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN I;

EID: 56549102407     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.09.030     Document Type: Letter

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