Consideration of high-sensitivity troponin values below the 99th percentile at presentation: Does it improve diagnostic accuracy?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3752-3757

  Meune, Christophe ^a,b,c   Balmelli, Cathrin ^a   Vogler, Eliane ^a   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Reiter, Miriam ^a   Reichlin, Tobias ^a   Haaf, Philip ^a   Drexler, Beatrice ^a   Wildi, Karin ^a   Hoeller, Rebeca ^a   Rubini Gimenez, Maria ^a   Moehring, Berit ^a   Zellweger, Christa ^a   Potocki, Mihael ^a   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

75th percentile; 95th percentile; Acute coronary syndrome; High sensitivity Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN;

75TH PERCENTILE; 95TH PERCENTILE; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84886292751     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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