Trends in admissions for chest pain after the introduction of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 240, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-7

  Bandstein, Nadia ^a,b   Ljung, Rickard ^b   Lundbäck, Magnus ^c   Johansson, Magnus ^b   Holzmann, Martin J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Emergency department; High sensitivity cardiac troponin T; Hospital admission; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; AGED; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85017522727     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.04.028     Document Type: Article

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