Higher sensitivity troponin assays: Quo vadis?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-128

  Katus, H A ^a   Giannitsis, E ^a   Jaffe, A S ^b   Thygesen, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 58449092691     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn555     Document Type: Editorial

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