Will high-sensitivity troponin improve the evaluation of patients with chest pain in the emergency department?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-85

  Miller, Todd D ^a   Bailey, Kent R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CTA (computed tomographic angiography); emergency department; high sensitivity troponin; SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography)

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TROPONIN;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84872279090     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.10.010     Document Type: Editorial

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