Early diagnosis of myocardial infarction using absolute and relative changes in cardiac troponin concentrations

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Irfan, Affan ^a,b   Reichlin, Tobias ^a,c   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a,d   Meister, Marc ^a   Moehring, Berit ^a   Wildi, Karin ^a,b   Bassetti, Stefano ^e   Zellweger, Christa ^a,b   Gimenez, Maria Rubini ^a,f   Hoeller, Rebeca ^a   Murray, Karsten ^a   Sou, Seoung Mann ^a   Mueller, Mira ^a   Mosimann, Tamina ^a,b   Reiter, Miriam ^a,b   Haaf, Philip ^a,b   Ziller, Ronny ^a   Freidank, Heike ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER FREIBURG BAD KROZINGEN   (Germany)

^e KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absolute; Diagnosis; Myocardial infarction; Relative troponin changes

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; MYOGLOBIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84883234256     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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