Identification of troponin determinants for improving its diagnostic performance in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84870419384     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.05.016     Document Type: Letter

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