Increasing cardiac troponin changes measured by a research high-sensitivity troponin I assay: Absolute vs percentage changes and long-term outcomes in a chest pain cohort to the editor

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1902-1904

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a   Ko, Dennis T ^b   Wang, Xuesong ^b   MacRae, Andrew R ^c   Jaffe, Allan S ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCREENING TEST; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 78649863795     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.153486     Document Type: Letter

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