Routine creatine kinase testing does not provide clinical utility in the emergency department for diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes

Despite the high sensitivity and negative predictive value of contemporary high-sensitivity troponin T assays (hsTnT), creatine kinase (CK) continues to be routinely tested for the diagnosis of acute coronary ...

Source: BMC Emergency Medicine - July 9, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Evan J. Wiens, Jorden Arbour, Kristjan Thompson and Colette M. Seifer Tags: Research article Source Type: research