Editor’s Choice-Rule-in of acute myocardial infarction: Focus on troponin

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 212-217

  Möckel, Martin ^a   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^b   Mueller, Christian ^c   Huber, Kurt ^d   Jaffe, Allan S ^e   Mair, Johannes ^f   Plebani, Mario ^g   Thygesen, Kristian ^h   Lindahl, Bertil ⁱ  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ UPPSALA CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; diagnosis; rule in; troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; HEART INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOMARKERS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85034977508     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872616653228     Document Type: Article

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