A case of false positive troponin elevation: Role of the biological laboratory

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Dupont, J ^a   Fromonot, J ^a   Franceschi, F ^a   Deharo, J C ^a   Boucraut, J ^a   Quilici, J ^a   Bonnet, J L ^a   Monserrat, C ^a   Guieu, R ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Back up; Chest pain; False positive troponin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TROPONIN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; FIBRIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MYOCARDITIS; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PERICARDITIS; PREVALENCE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPSIS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84872486936     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.048     Document Type: Article

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