On the Relative Value of an Assay Versus That of a Test. A History of Troponin for the Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2125-2128

  Jesse, Robert L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; prognosis; sensitive; troponin

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 77951624787     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.014     Document Type: Editorial

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