The race for higher sensitivity troponins, but for what prize?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 2425-2427

  Gale, Chris P ^a,b   Bueno, Hcrossed D Signctor ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; AWARDS AND PRIZES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84983457786     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw200     Document Type: Review

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