Early standardization of high sensitivity troponin T reporting - a lost opportunity

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10-11, 2011, Pages 758-759

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

99th percentile; Acute coronary syndrome; Cutoffs; Healthy population; High sensitivity troponin T; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH SENSITIVE TROPONIN T ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STRATIFIED SAMPLE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79958858052     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.03.139     Document Type: Editorial

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