Fine-Tuning Risk Stratification for Acute Pulmonary Embolism With Cardiac Biomarkers

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2158-2159

  Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarkers; heart type fatty acid binding protein; prognosis; pulmonary embolism; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; HEART TYPE FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TROPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYCARDIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951651845     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.079     Document Type: Editorial

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