Fast track protocols using highly sensitive troponin assays for ruling out and ruling in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1683-1689

  Ferraro, Simona ^a   Dolci, Alberto ^b   Panteghini, Mauro ^b  

^a ASST FATEBENEFRATELLI SACCO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

non ST elevation acute coronary syndrome; rule in; rule out; troponin

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY SENSITIVE TROPONIN; TROPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE TROPONIN ASSAY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNAROUND TIME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VALIDITY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNOASSAY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NON-ST ELEVATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTOR;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NON-ST ELEVATED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN;

EID: 85031006740     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-0044     Document Type: Article

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