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Testing for cardiac markers at the point of care
1Department of Clinical Biochemistry, St. George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom. poctrop@poctrop.demon.co.uk
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
|June 9, 2001
Abstract:
Measurement of cardiac markers at the point of care is feasible, diagnostically accurate, and, when combined with appropriate decision-making algorithms, cost effective. It may be the only way to deliver results rapidly enough for therapeutic intervention.