Editorial: Is the 99th percentile the optimal reference limit to diagnose myocardial infarction with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays in patients with chronic kidney disease?

Circulation

Volumn 131, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 2029-2031

  Chaitman, Bernard R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; diagnosis; Editorials; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

BIOEQUIVALENCE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; KIDNEY; MALE; METABOLISM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84936153370     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.016848     Document Type: Review

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