Misleading high-sensitivity troponin algorithm for NSTEMI in the ESC guidelines

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e323-

  Zur, Berndt ^a   Stoffel Wagner, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimension Vista; ESC guideline; troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; ASSAY; DIMENSION VISTA ASSAY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84946826025     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2015-0881     Document Type: Letter

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