Clinical criteria replenish high-sensitive troponin and inflammatory markers in the stratification of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome.

OBJECTIVES: In patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), rapid triage is essential. The aim of this study was to establish a tool for risk prediction of 30-day cardiac events (CE) on admission. 30-day cardiac events (CE) were defined as early coronary revascularization, subsequent myoca...

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Main Authors: Barbara Elisabeth Stähli, Keiko Yonekawa, Lukas Andreas Altwegg, Christophe Wyss, Danielle Hof, Philipp Fischbacher, Andreas Brauchlin, Georg Schulthess, Pierre-Alexandre Krayenbühl, Arnold von Eckardstein, Martin Hersberger, Michel Neidhart, Steffen Gay, Igor Novopashenny, Regine Wolters, Michelle Frank, Manfred Bernd Wischnewsky, Thomas Felix Lüscher, Willibald Maier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4043791?pdf=render