Discordant diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction due to the different use of assays and cut-off points of cardiac troponins

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 225-229

  Lyck Hansen, Maria ^a   Saaby, Lotte ^a   Nybo, Mads ^a   Rasmussen, Lars Melholt ^a   Thygesen, Kristian ^b   Mickley, Hans ^a   Svenstrup Poulsen, Tina ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Myocardial infarction; Troponins

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CTNL ASSAY; CTNT ASSAY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HIGH SENSITIVITY CTNT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84864804138     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339269     Document Type: Review

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