Is it time to do away with the 99th percentile for cardiac troponin in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome and the assessment of cardiac risk?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 734-736

  Hickman, Peter E ^a,b   Lindahl, Bertil ^c   Potter, Julia M ^a,b   Venge, Per ^d   Koerbin, Gus ^a,e   Eggers, Kai M ^d  

^a ACT Pathology   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; NOTE; POPULATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84899536762     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.217711     Document Type: Note

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