High sensitivity cardiac troponin concentration cutoffs-is a healthy population the right reference population for those with underlying cardiac disease?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1037-1038

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a   McQueen, Matthew J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

99th percentile; Coronary artery disease; Healthy population; High sensitivity cardiac troponin; High sensitivity troponin T

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROALBUMINURIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 77956169824     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.07.009     Document Type: Editorial

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