Evaluation of first-draw whole blood, point-of-care cardiac markers in the context of the universal definition of myocardial infarction: A comparison of a multimarker panel to troponin alone and to testing in the central laboratory

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Lee Lewandrowski, Elizabeth ^a   Januzzi, James L ^a   Grisson, Ricky ^a   Mohammed, Asim A ^a   Lewandrowski, Grant ^a   Lewandrowski, Kent ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79955079670     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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