Estimation of values below the limit of detection of a contemporary sensitive troponin I assay improves diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1197-1206

  Boeckel, Jes Niels ^a,c   Palapies, Lars ^a   Zeller, Tanja ^b,c   Reis, Sophia M ^a   Von Jeinsen, Beatrice ^a   Tzikas, Stergios ^d,g   Bickel, Christoph ^f   Baldus, Stephan ^e   Blankenberg, Stefan ^b,c   Münzel, Thomas ^c,d   Zeiher, Andreas M ^a,c   Lackner, Karl J ^d   Keller, Till ^a,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^g ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC TROPONIN 1 CLIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84942518101     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2015.238949     Document Type: Article

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