How low can we go? the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin debate

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 580-583

  Storrow, Alan B ^a   Lardaro, Thomas A ^a   Alexander, Pauline T ^a   Apple, Fred S ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881266165     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.03.021     Document Type: Editorial

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