Usefulness of high-sensitivity troponin T for the evaluation of patients with acute chest pain and no or minimal myocardial damage

American Heart Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sanchis, Juan ^a   Bardají, Alfredo ^b   Bosch, Xavier ^c   Loma Osorio, Pablo ^d   Marín, Francisco ^e   Sánchez, Pedro L ^f   Núñez, Julio ^a   Carratalá, Arturo ^a   Barrabés, José A ^g  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84864704382     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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