Is the 99th Percentile the Optimal Reference Limit to Diagnose Myocardial Infarction With High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease?

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Editorial

Bernard R Chaitman. Circulation. 2015.

. 2015 Jun 9;131(23):2029-31.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.016848. Epub 2015 May 6.

¹ From Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. chaitman@slu.edu.

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Keywords: Editorials; coronary artery disease; diagnosis; myocardial infarction.

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