Peacock, W. Frank; Wilson, Fred - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 8, pp. 519-540
This article reviews the value of myoglobin, troponins, and creatine kinase, MB fraction (CK-MB) in diagnosis, risk stratification, and prognosis in patients presenting to hospital emergency departments (ED) with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndromes. Because the three markers differ...