Performance of a sensitive troponin assay in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-185

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; Troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEST PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 79954631809     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01388.x     Document Type: Article

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