Frequency of Elevated Troponin I and Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-13

  Javed, Usman ^a   Aftab, Waqas ^a   Ambrose, John A ^a   Wessel, Ralph J ^a   Mouanoutoua, Mouatou ^a   Huang, Grace ^a   Barua, Rajat S ^a   Weilert, Michael ^b   Sy, Fridolin ^a   Thatai, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Neurosciences Critical Care Units   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 67649415216     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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