Clinical diagnosis and outcomes for Troponin T 'positive' patients assessed by a high sensitivity compared with a 4th generation assay

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-501

  Jairam, Sumeshni ^a   Jones, Peter ^a   Samaraie, Luay ^a   Chataline, Alexei ^a   Davidson, James ^a   Stewart, Ralph ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Myocardial infarction; Sensitivity; Specificity; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79961181111     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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