High-sensitivity cardiac troponin testing in routine practice: Economic and organizational advantages

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2016, Pages

  Galli, Claudio ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI); Emergency room; Health technology assessment; Major adverse events; Myocardial infarction (MI)

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REVIEW;

EID: 85006215808     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.07.04     Document Type: Review

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