Sex differences of troponin test performance in chest pain patients

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 246-251

  Slagman, Anna ^a   Searle, Julia ^a   Vollert, Jörn O ^a,b   Storchmann, Harald ^a   Büschenfelde, Dirk Meyer Zum ^a   Von Recum, Johannes ^a   Vlasny, Daniela ^a   Ale Abaei, Angela ^a   Koch, Matthias ^a   Müller, Christian ^a   Müller, Reinhold ^c   Somasundaram, Rajan ^a   Möckel, Martin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Chest pain diagnosis; Gender; Sex; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARDIAC TROPONIN ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 84929323939     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.261     Document Type: Article

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