Rapid exclusion of acute myocardial infarction in patients with undetectable troponin using a high-sensitivity assay

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1332-1339

  Body, Richard ^a   Carley, Simon ^b   McDowell, Garry ^a   Jaffe, Allan S ^c   France, Michael ^b   Cruickshank, Kennedy ^a   Wibberley, Christopher ^d   Nuttall, Michelle ^b   MacKway Jones, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; acute myocardial infarction; diagnosis; high sensitivity; sensitivity and specificity; troponins

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN T ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 80052974660     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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