Outcomes in Patients With Chest Pain Discharged After Evaluation Using a High-Sensitivity Troponin T Assay

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 2622-2630

  Nejatian, Atosa ^a,b   Omstedt, Åsa ^b   Höijer, Jonas ^b   Hansson, L O ^c   Djärv, Therese ^a,b   Eggers, Kai M ^c   Svensson, Per ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk; discharge; emergency department; major adverse cardiac event

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARDIAC TROPONIN I ASSAY; CARDIAC TROPONIN T ASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDE (PEOPLE); THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TRENDS;

BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85019649122     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.586     Document Type: Article

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