PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE OPTIMAL TROPONIN I THRESHOLD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Autor:	Jeffrey B. Michel, Joon Jin Song, Bryce Rhodehouse
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Patient characteristics medicine.disease Patient population 99th percentile Internal medicine Troponin I Cardiology Medicine Myocardial infarction Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Healthcare system
Zdroj:	Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73:176
ISSN:	0735-1097
DOI:	10.1016/s0735-1097(19)30784-3
Popis:	The threshold to diagnose acute myocardial infarction is defined as the 99th percentile, 0.09 ng/ml in our healthcare system. However, the optimal threshold appears to be higher in our patient population, (0.13 - 0.23 ng/ml). We hypothesized that patient characteristics might further modify this
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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