Combination of copeptin and highly sensitive troponin I for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction at emergency department admission

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 357-358

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Aloe, Rosalia ^a   Dipalo, Mariella ^a   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Copeptin; Highly sensitive troponin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; COPEPTIN; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; THORAX PAIN;

FEMALE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOGLOBIN; TRIAGE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84859857846     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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