Will high-sensitive troponin immunoassays lead to more clarity or confusion in clinical practice?

Clinical Science

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 203-205

  Clerico, Aldo ^a   Giannoni, Alberto ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

6 min walk test; Biomarker; Cardiac troponin T (cTnT); Echocardiography; High sensitive cardiac troponin T (hsTnT); Prognosis; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; IMMUNOASSAY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 77956211434     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20100234     Document Type: Note

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