Combined testing of high-sensitivity troponin T and copeptin on presentation at prespecified cutoffs improves rapid rule-out of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1452-1455

  Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Kehayova, Tzveta ^a   Vafaie, Mehrshad ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPEPTIN; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 80053405636     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.161265     Document Type: Article

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