Comparison of cardiac TnI outliers using a contemporary and a high-sensitivity assay on the Abbott Architect platform

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 507-511

  Ryan, J B ^a   Southby, S J ^a   Stuart, L A ^a   Mackay, R ^a   Florkowski, C M ^a   George, P M ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

assay interference; false positives; high sensitivity troponin; outliers; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84902147204     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563214534637     Document Type: Article

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