Survival and resource utilization in patients with chest pain evaluated with cardiac troponin T compared with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 245, Issue , 2017, Pages 43-48

  Bandstein, Nadia ^a,b   Wikman, Anna ^c   Ljung, Rickard ^b   Holzmann, Martin J ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin T; Chest pain; Emergency department; High sensitivity cardiac troponin T; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; BLOOD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85028567443     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.111     Document Type: Article

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