Risk stratification in the era of high-sensitivity troponin assays

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-127

  Worster, Andrew ^a   Kavsak, Peter A ^a   Brown, Michael ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CHEST PAIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84863408609     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.035     Document Type: Editorial

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