Clinical implications of a recent adjustment to the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay: some results

Maria Franzini; Silvia Masotti; Concetta Prontera; Claudio Passino; Aldo Clerico

doi:10.1515/cclm-2013-0108

Published by De Gruyter May 1, 2013

Clinical implications of a recent adjustment to the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay: some results

Maria Franzini , Silvia Masotti , Concetta Prontera , Claudio Passino and Aldo Clerico

From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)

https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2013-0108

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Keywords: cardiac disease; cardiac troponin T (cTnT); healthy subjects; high-sensitivity troponin assay; normal range

Corresponding author: Maria Franzini, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pisa, Italy; and Departments of Laboratory and Cardiovascular Medicine, Fondazione Regione Toscana G. Monasterio, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy, Phone: +39-50-3153309, Fax: +39-50-3152166, E-mail: franzinimaria@gmail.com; m.franzini@sssup.it

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Received: 2013-2-8

Accepted: 2013-4-1

Published Online: 2013-5-1

Published in Print: 2014-2-1

Clinical implications of a recent adjustment to the high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T assay: some results

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