Ninety-minute vs 3-h performance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays for predicting hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1407-1410

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a   Worster, Andrew ^a   You, John J ^a   Oremus, Mark ^a   Shortt, Colleen ^a   Phan, Kim ^b   Sohn, Kun Young ^c   Veljkovic, Kika ^d   Devereaux, P J ^a   Hill, Stephen ^a   Bhanich Supapol, Wendy ^a   Jaffe, Allan S ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d LifeLabs   (Canada)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84883370959     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.208595     Document Type: Letter

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