A single blood test to rule out acute coronary syndrome

Heart

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 632-633

  Chapman, Andrew R ^a   Mills, Nicholas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndromes; acute myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SCORE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION SCORE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; HEART INFARCTION; ORGANIZATION;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN;

EID: 85044827012     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312269     Document Type: Editorial

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