Prognostic Importance of Sex-Specific Cardiac Troponin T 99th Percentiles in Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 880.e1-880.e12

  Eggers, Kai M ^a   Jernberg, Tomas ^b   Lindahl, Bertil ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac troponin; Cutoff; Risk prediction; Sex

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84966930543     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.02.047     Document Type: Article

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