Does undetectable troponin I at presentation using a contemporary sensitive assay rule out myocardial infarction? A cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 760-763

  Kelly, Anne Maree ^a   Klim, Sharon ^b  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC TROPONIN 1 CLIA KIT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTEMPORARY TROPONIN ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONT DOOR THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX PAIN; TROPONIN I BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84941993905     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204442     Document Type: Article

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