The enemy of good?: Making the most of highly sensitive troponin assays

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1914-1916

  Daniels, Lori B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarkers; cardiovascular disease; risk prediction; troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84876990857     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.065     Document Type: Editorial

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