Diagnostic Accuracy of a New High-Sensitivity Troponin I Assay and Five Accelerated Diagnostic Pathways for Ruling Out Acute Myocardial Infarction and Acute Coronary Syndrome

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 439-451.e3

  Greenslade, Jaimi H ^a,b   Carlton, Edward W ^c   Van Hise, Christopher ^b   Cho, Elizabeth ^b   Hawkins, Tracey ^a   Parsonage, William A ^a,b,d   Tate, Jillian ^e   Ungerer, Jacobus ^e   Cullen, Louise ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BECKMAN ACCESS HIGH SENSITIVITY TROPONIN I ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT OF CHEST PAIN SCORE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISTORY ECG AGE RISK FACTOR AND TROPONIN PATHWAY; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MODIFIED ADAPT; NO OBJECTIVE TESTING RULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; VANCOUVER CHEST PAIN RULE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BIOMARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 85039047545     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.10.030     Document Type: Article

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