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“Ischemia modified albumin”: a new biochemical marker of myocardial ischaemia
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016IMA - any further benefit?Show More
Dear Editor,
I read with great interest this article. I believe IMA did not add any benefit over myoglobin in terms of early ruling-out Acute Myocardial Infarction, as the negative predictive value of myoglobin is about 99% in the first 1-3 hours. Moreover, both of them are not specific for Acute MI. Troponins are sensitive in 6-12 hours post symptoms, specific for the heart, especially cardiac troponin I, but both...
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