The Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule: Validation with a new automated assay for heart-type fatty acid binding protein

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 769-774

  Body, Richard ^a,b,e   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)

^e MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; HEART TYPE FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FABP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANCHESTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; TURBIDIMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84941949757     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204235     Document Type: Article

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