The high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay is superior to its previous assay generation for prediction of 90-day clinical outcome in ischemic stroke

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2027-2029

  Furtner, Martin ^a   Ploner, Thomas ^a   Hammerer Lercher, Angelika ^a   Pechlaner, Raimund ^a   Mair, Johannes ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin T; High sensitivity; Risk stratification; Stroke

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBOLISM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANKIN SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; STROKE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84872957656     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0176     Document Type: Article

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