An approach to rule-out an acute cardiovascular event or death in emergency department patients using outcome-based cutoffs for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays and glucose

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8317259	Clinical Biochemistry	2015	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The combination of a “healthy” hs-cTn concentration with glucose might effectively rule-out patients for an acute cardiovascular event at ED presentation.

Keywords

emergency department high-sensitivity cardiac Troponin Rule-out Acute coronary syndrome Health outcomes Glucose

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An approach to rule-out an acute cardiovascular event or death in emergency department patients using outcome-based cutoffs for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays and glucose

Authors

Colleen Shortt, Kim Phan, Stephen A. Hill, Andrew Worster, Peter A. Kavsak,