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Is it more accurate to measure the absolute or the relative change of new high or ultrasensitive troponin assays to diagnose acute myocardial infarction?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Rohit Mohindra*
Affiliation:
FRCPC Emergency Medicine Residency Program, McGill University
Carine Haggar
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
*
McGill University FRCPC Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Royal Victoria Hospital, Room A4.62, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H3H 1A1; rohit.mohindra@mail.mcgill.ca

Abstract

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Knowledge To Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2014

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