High-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays - Change is important

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 311-313

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a   Jaffe, Allan S ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84856074810     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.174755     Document Type: Letter

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