Use of the HEART Pathway with high sensitivity cardiac troponins: A secondary analysis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2017, Pages 401-407

  Mahler, Simon A ^a   Stopyra, Jason P ^a   Apple, Fred S ^b   Riley, Robert F ^c   Russell, Gregory B ^a   Hiestand, Brian C ^a   Hoekstra, James W ^a   Lefebvre, Cedric W ^a   Nicks, Bret A ^a   Cline, David M ^a   Askew, Kim L ^a   Herrington, David M ^a   Burke, Gregory L ^a   Miller, Chadwick D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Chest pain; HEART Pathway; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; AGED; BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TROPONIN C;

EID: 85009775137     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.01.003     Document Type: Article

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