High sensitivity cardiac troponin in patients with chest pain

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7926, 2013, Pages

  Shah, Anoop S V ^a   Newby, David E ^a   Mills, Nicholas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 84884725379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4222     Document Type: Article

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