Clinical Significance of Borderline Elevated Troponin I Levels Across Different Assays in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-168

  Zahid, Maliha ^a   Good, Chester B ^a,b,c   Singla, Ish ^a   Sonel, Ali F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 67649361512     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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