What is the 30-day rate of adverse cardiac events in chest pain patients with ED troponin i assays≤99th centile using a contemporary sensitive assay? An exploratory analysis

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 276-280

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a,b   Klim, Sharon ^a  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; emergency; risk stratification

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84903818003     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000079     Document Type: Article

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