Sensitive and high sensitivity cardiac troponin I concentrations in the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) study - A high risk population

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 1832-

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

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 77956455264     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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