Point of care troponin testing: Rules and regulations

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 727-728

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Mattiuzzi, Camilla ^b   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Trento General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORE LABORATORY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LETTER; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; TROPONIN;

EID: 84886952543     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: 15328430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2013.04.001     Document Type: Letter

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