Early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly using more sensitive cardiac troponin assays

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1379-1389

  Reiter, Miriam ^a   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Reichlin, Tobias ^a   Haaf, Philip ^a   Peter, Frederico ^a   Meissner, Julia ^a   Hochholzer, Willibald ^a   Stelzig, Claudia ^a   Freese, Michael ^a   Heinisch, Corinna ^a   Breidthardt, Tobias ^a   Freidank, Heike ^a   Winkler, Katrin ^b   Campodarve, Isabel ^b   Gea, Joaquim ^b   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Artery disease; Coronary; Elderly; Myocardial infarction; New biomarkers; Prognosis; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79958110437     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr033     Document Type: Article

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