Towards a consistent definition of a significant delta troponin with z-scores: A way out of chaos?

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-157

  Pretorius, Carel J ^a,b   Cullen, Louise ^b,c,d   Parsonage, William A ^b,c,d   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^b,c,d   Tate, Jillian R ^a   Wilgen, Urs ^a,b   Ungerer, Jacobus P J ^a  

^a Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; delta; diagnostic accuracy; myocardial infraction; troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; TROPONIN;

EID: 84922266373     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872613517084     Document Type: Article

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