Implications of introducing high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T into clinical practice: Data from the SWEDEHEART registry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1655-1664

  Melki, Dina ^a   Lugnegård, Johan ^b   Alfredsson, Joakim ^c   Lind, Suzanne ^a   Eggers, Kai M ^b   Lindahl, Bertil ^b   Jernberg, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; assay; chest pain; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84928036887     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.02.044     Document Type: Article

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