Delta cardiac troponin values in practice: Are we ready to move absolutely forward to clinical routine?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-10

  Apple, Fred S ^a,b   Morrow, David A ^c  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84856070880     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.175414     Document Type: Editorial

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