Early diagnosis and risk stratification of acute coronary syndromes

The diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI) requires the measurement of a rising or falling pattern of the biomarker troponin to above the 99th centile upper limit of the normal reference population. Conventional assays of troponin I and T lack sensitivity early after the onset of symptoms. Various...

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Main Author: Shand, James Alexander
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603068