Comparison of a qualitative measurement of heart-type fatty acid-binding protein with other cardiac markers as an early diagnostic marker in the diagnosis of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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GEREDE ULUDAĞ D. M., GÜLEÇ H. S., KILIÇKAP M., TULUNAY KAYA C., Vurgun V. K., Ozcan O. U., ...More

CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA, vol.26, no.6, pp.204-209, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.5830/cvja-2015-028
  • Journal Name: CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.204-209
  • Keywords: acute coronary syndrome, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, H-FABP, CK-MB, troponin, ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, EMERGENCY-DEPARTMENT, TISSUE-INJURY, TROPONIN-T, H-FABP, ACCURACY, ISCHEMIA, NECROSIS, SERUM
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is a novel cardiac marker used in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), which shows myocyte injury. Our study aimed to compare bedside H-FABP measurements with routine creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) and troponin I (TnI) tests for the early diagnosis of non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI), as well as for determining its exclusion capacity.