Rapid exclusion of acute myocardial infarction in patients with undetectable troponin using a sensitive troponin I assay

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 543-549

  Body, Richard ^a,b   Burrows, Gillian ^c   Carley, Simon ^b,d   Lewis, Philip S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; diagnosis; high sensitivity; sensitivity and specificity; troponins

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; AGED; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84940207059     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563215576976     Document Type: Article

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