The utility of troponin measurement to detect myocardial infarction: Review of the current findings

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 691-699

  Daubert, Melissa A ^a   Jeremias, Allen ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

High sensitivity assays; Myocardial infarction; Troponin

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CELL DAMAGE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79952044706     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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