Sex-specific cutoffs for cardiac troponin using high-sensitivity assays - Is there clinical equipoise?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 749-750

  Mueller, Christian ^a   Kavsak, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN; TROPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; EQUIPOISE; GENDER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84938290277     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.07.005     Document Type: Editorial

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