Derivation and validation of a sensitive IMA cutpoint to predict cardiac events in patients with chest pain

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 791-796

  Manini, Alex F ^a   Ilgen, J ^b   Noble, V E ^c   Bamberg, F ^c   Koenig, W ^d   Bohan, J S ^e   Hoffmann, U ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISCHEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TROPONIN T; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350443420     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.068130     Document Type: Article

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