Two-hour algorithm for triage toward rule-out and rule-in of acute myocardial infarction using high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 369-379.e4

  Reichlin, Tobias ^a   Cullen, Louise ^b,c,d   Parsonage, William A ^b,d   Greenslade, Jaimi ^b,c,d   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Moehring, Berit ^a   Wildi, Karin ^a   Mueller, Sandra ^a   Zellweger, Christa ^a   Mosimann, Tamina ^a   Rubini Gimenez, Maria ^a   Rentsch, Katharina ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a   Müller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Diagnostic algorithm; High sensitive troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN ALGORITHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERICARDITIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGINA PECTORIS; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84930382031     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.10.032     Document Type: Article

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