Comparison of a 3-hour versus a 6-hour sampling-protocol using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T for rule-out and rule-in of non-STEMI in an unselected emergency department population

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1134-1140

  Biener, Moritz ^a   Mueller, Matthias ^a   Vafaie, Mehrshad ^a   Keller, Till ^b   Blankenberg, Stefan ^b   White, Harvey D ^c   Katus, Hugo A ^a   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diagnostic performance; High sensitivity troponin T; Non STEMI; Serial changes

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; HIGH-SENSITIVITY TROPONIN T; NON-STEMI; SERIAL CHANGES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84881479427     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.122     Document Type: Article

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