The D-Dimer Approach for Troponin in the Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction

The D-Dimer Approach for Troponin in the Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction

From those patients, some could have very typical chest pain, characterizing unstable angina; some could have ischemic electrocardiogram changes; and others could have other serious causes of chest pain that prevented discharge. [...]a negative troponin does not necessarily mean discharge and the ac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012-04, Vol.59 (17), p.1570-1571
Hauptverfasser: Correia, Luis C.L., MD, PhD, Noya-Rabelo, Márcia, MD, MSc
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Sprache:eng
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Cardiology
Cardiovascular
Heart attacks
Internal Medicine
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Zusammenfassung:From those patients, some could have very typical chest pain, characterizing unstable angina; some could have ischemic electrocardiogram changes; and others could have other serious causes of chest pain that prevented discharge. [...]a negative troponin does not necessarily mean discharge and the actual number of patients in which the troponin result helped the decision is not clear in the paper.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.905