Operating characteristics of a qualitative troponin assay for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-122

  Farsi, Davood ^a   Pishbin, Elham ^c   Abbasi, Saeed ^a   Hafezimoghadam, Peyman ^a   Fathi, Marzieh ^b   Zare, Mohammad Amin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; population study; troponin assay

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84874933690     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328351360f     Document Type: Article

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