Two-hour algorithm for triage toward rule-out and rule-in of acute myocardial infarction by use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 494-504

  Boeddinghaus, Jasper ^a   Reichlin, Tobias ^a   Cullen, Louise ^b,c   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^b,c   Parsonage, William A ^c,d   Hammett, Christopher ^d   Pickering, John W ^e,f   Hawkins, Tracey ^b,c   Aldous, Sally ^f   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Wildi, Karin ^a   Nestelberger, Thomas ^a   Grimm, Karin ^a   Rubini Gimenez, Maria ^a   Puelacher, Christian ^a   Kern, Vera ^a   Rentsch, Katharina ^a   Than, Martin ^f   Mueller, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURVIVAL TIME; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; TIME FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84959272029     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2015.249508     Document Type: Article

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