The value of clinical and laboratory diagnostics for chest pain patients at the emergency department

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-266

  Jellema, Laurens Jan C ^a   Backus, Barbra E ^a   Six, A Jacob ^a   Braam, Richard ^a   Groenemeijer, Bjorn ^a   Van Der Zaag Loonen, Hester J ^a   Tio, Rene ^a   Van Suijlen, Jeroen D E ^a  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical diagnosis; HEART; Laboratory testing; Troponin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC TROPONIN 1 CLIA KIT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART SCORE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THORAX PAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 84896284344     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0771     Document Type: Article

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