Direct comparison of 2 rule-out strategies for acute myocardial infarction: 2-h accelerated diagnostic protocol vs 2-h algorithm

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1227-1236

  Wildi, Karin ^a   Cullen, Louise ^b   Twerenbold, Raphael ^a   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^b,c   Parsonage, William ^b,c   Boeddinghaus, Jasper ^a,c   Nestelberger, Thomas ^a,c   Sabti, Zaid ^a   Rubini Giménez, Maria ^a   Puelacher, Christian ^a   Cupa, Janosch ^a   Schumacher, Lukas ^a   Badertscher, Patrick ^a   Grimm, Karin ^a   Kozhuharov, Nikola ^a   Stelzig, Claudia ^a   Freese, Michael ^a   Rentsch, Katharina ^a   Lohrmann, Jens ^a   Kloos, Wanda ^a   Buser, Andreas ^a,d   Reichlin, Tobias ^a   Pickering, John W ^e   Than, Martin ^e   Mueller, Christian ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Blood Transfusion Centre   (Switzerland)

^e Christchurch ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SWITZERLAND; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STANDARDS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85021438391     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.268359     Document Type: Article

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