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Evaluation of cardiac STATus CK-MB/myoglobin device for rapidly ruling out acute myocardial infarction
G X Brogan1, J L Bock, C F McCuskey
1Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine
|January 24, 1998
Abstract:
The Cardiac STATus CK-MB/Myoglobin device is highly sensitive and has a high negative predictive value within 3 hours of patient presentation. The device may play a role in the re-triage of patients from the CCU to less intensive settings, resulting in a net cost savings.