Emergency Room Triage of Patients with Acute Chest Pain by Means of Rapid Testing for Cardiac Troponin T or Troponin I
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 4 December 1997
Christian W. Hamm, Britta Goldmann, Christopher Heeschen, G. Kreymann, Jürgen Berger, Thomas Meinertz
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Bedside tests for cardiac-specific troponins are highly sensitive for the early detection of myocardial-cell injury in acute coronary syndromes and allow rapid and safe discharge of patients with an episode of acute chest pain from the emergency room.
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Bedside tests for cardiac-specific troponins are highly sensitive for the early detection of myocardial-cell injury in acute coronary syndromes. Negative test results are associated with low risk and allow rapid and safe discharge of patients with an episode of acute chest pain from the emergency room.
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