Troponin-only Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (T-MACS) decision aid: Single biomarker re-derivation and external validation in three cohorts

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 349-356

  Body, Richard ^a,b   Carlton, Edward ^c   Sperrin, Matthew ^a   Lewis, Philip S ^d   Burrows, Gillian ^d   Carley, Simon ^b,e   McDowell, Garry ^a,e   Buchan, Iain ^a   Greaves, Kim ^f   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarct; cardiac care, diagnosis; diagnosis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FABP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 3;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN ONLY MANCHESTER ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 3; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84984653826     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2016-205983     Document Type: Article

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