Sensitive troponin I assay in early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 868-877

  Keller, Till ^a   Zeller, Tanja ^a   Peetz, Dirk ^a   Tzikas, Stergios ^a   Roth, Alexander ^a   Czyz, Ewa ^a   Bickel, Christoph ^b   Baldus, Stephan ^c   Warnholtz, Ascan ^a   Fröhlich, Meike ^c   Sinning, Christoph R ^a   Eleftheriadis, Medea S ^a   Wild, Philipp S ^a   Schnabel, Renate B ^a,d   Lubos, Edith ^a,e,f   Jachmann, Nicole ^a   Genth Zotz, Sabine ^a   Post, Felix ^a   Nicaud, Viviane ^g   Tiret, Laurence ^g   Lackner, Karl J ^a   Münzel, Thomas F ^a   Blankenberg, Stefan ^a,h   more..

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 69349100568     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0903515     Document Type: Article

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