Myocardial infarction rule-out in the emergency department: Are high-sensitivity troponins the answer?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1218-1219

  Newby, L Kristin ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN;

ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84866092822     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1808     Document Type: Note

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