Combining presentation high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and glucose measurements to rule-out an acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting to emergency department with chest pain

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2015, Pages 288-291

  Greenslade, J H ^a   Kavsak, P ^b   Parsonage, W ^a   Shortt, C ^b   Than, M ^c   Pickering, J W ^c   Aldous, S ^c   Cullen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Acute myocardial infarction; High sensitivity troponin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METABOLISM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84925484562     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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