Use of troponin as a screen for chest pain in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-342

  Brown, Jennifer L ^a   Hirsh, Daniel A ^b   Mahle, William T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Myocarditis; Troponin

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENT; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; CARDIAC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA A; INTENSIVE CARE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MYOCARDITIS; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERICARDITIS; PROTEINURIA; Q WAVE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; ST SEGMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857583121     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0149-8     Document Type: Review

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