Diagnosing acute myocardial infarction with troponins: How low can you go?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-296

  Body, Richard ^a   McDowell, Garry ^a   Carley, Simon ^a   Ferguson, Jamie ^a   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEPHONE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TROPONIN T;

EID: 77950913148     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.074948     Document Type: Article

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