Implementation of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurement in the emergency department

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1134-1142

  Christ, Michael ^a   Popp, Steffen ^a   Pohlmann, Hella ^a   Poravas, Michail ^a   Umarov, Dina ^a   Bach, Ruth ^a   Bertsch, Thomas ^a  

^a Nuremberg Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Cardiac biomarkers; Emergency department; High sensitivity troponin T

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DYNAMICS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 78650515016     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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