Higher sensitivity troponin levels in the community: What do they mean and how will the diagnosis of myocardial infarction be made?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 933-936

  White, Harvey D ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANALYTIC METHOD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN T;

EID: 77953195698     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.018     Document Type: Editorial

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