Investigation of a multi-marker approach to the initial assessment of patients presenting to hospital with acute chest pain
In current medical practice an elevation in the level of the biochemical marker cardiac troponin is used to identify patients with acute chest pain who have an acute myocardial infarction and to predict the risk of recurrent adverse events. This strategy is sub-optimal. In addition, other available...
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Queen's University Belfast
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492031 |