High-Sensitivity cardiac troponin-based strategies for the assessment of chest pain patients-a review of validation and clinical implementation studies

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1572-1585

  Eggers, Kai M ^a   Jernberg, Tomas ^b   Ljung, Lina ^c   Lindahl, Bertil ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORAX PAIN; TURNAROUND TIME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VITAL SIGN; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 85051373292     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.287342     Document Type: Review

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