Assay imprecision and 99th-percentile reference value of a high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1433-1434

  Collinson, Paul O ^a   Clifford Mobley, Oliver ^a   Gaze, David ^a   Boa, Frances ^a   Senior, Roxy ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 67650079976     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.124925     Document Type: Letter

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