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Early laboratory indicators of acute myocardial infarction
D M Char1, E Israel, J Ladenson
1Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
|September 18, 1998
Abstract:
Biochemical markers of myocardial injury have evolved so that the diagnosis or exclusion of acute myocardial infarction can be determined within a short time with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity. The use of these markers in patients complaining of chest pain allows for medically appropriate and cost-effective triage decision making in the emergency department.