Use of cardiac biomarker testing in the emergency department

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 67-75

  Makam, Anil N ^a   Nguyen, Oanh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920567119     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5830     Document Type: Article

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