Understanding cardiac troponin part 1: Avoiding troponinitis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 120-125

  Body, Richard ^a,b,c   Carlton, Edward ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; acute myocardial infarction; diagnosis; emergency medicine; high sensitivity; sensitivity and specificity; troponins

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85044673348     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2017-206812     Document Type: Article

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