Implementation of a sensitive troponin I assay and risk of recurrent myocardial infarction and death in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome

JAMA

Volumn 305, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1210-1216

  Mills, Nicholas L ^a   Churchhouse, Antonia M D ^a   Lee, Kuan Ken ^a   Anand, Atul ^a   Gamble, David ^a   Shah, Anoop S V ^a   Paterson, Elspeth ^a   MacLeod, Margaret ^b   Graham, Catriona ^c   Walker, Simon ^b   Denvir, Martin A ^a   Fox, Keith A A ^a   Newby, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Queen's Medical Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952854226     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.338     Document Type: Article

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