Troponin I Assay for Identification of a Significant Coronary Stenosis in Patients with Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction and Wide QRS Complex.

BACKGROUND:Common ECG criteria such as ST-segment changes are of limited value in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and bundle branch block or wide QRS complex. A large proportion of these patients do not suffer from an AMI, whereas those with ST-elevation myocardial infarcti...

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Main Authors: Beatrice von Jeinsen, Stergios Tzikas, Gerhard Pioro, Lars Palapies, Tanja Zeller, Christoph Bickel, Karl J Lackner, Stephan Baldus, Stefan Blankenberg, Thomas Muenzel, Andreas M Zeiher, Till Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4858235?pdf=render