How safe is the outpatient management of patients with acute chest pain and mildly increased cardiac troponin concentrations?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 916-924

  Meune, Christophe ^a,b   Reichlin, Tobias ^a   Irfan, Affan ^a   Schaub, Nora ^a   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Meissner, Julia ^a   Reiter, Miriam ^a   Lüthi, Adrian ^a   Haaf, Philip ^a   Balmelli, Cathrin ^a   Drexler, Beatrice ^a   Winkler, Katrin ^c,d   Hochholzer, Willibald ^e   Osswald, Stefan ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN T; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84860663173     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.178053     Document Type: Article

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