Heterophile antibodies, false-positive troponin, and acute coronary syndrome: a case report indicating a pitfall in clinical practice

BACKGROUND: Heterophile antibodies are one of the most common causes of false-positive troponin. CASE SUMMARY: We report a case of a 53-year-old woman with false-positive troponin elevation and a clinical presentation understood and treated as non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome. Because of chr...

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Autores principales: Lakusic, Nenad, Sopek Merkas, Ivana, Lucinger, Daren, Mahovic, Darija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7859590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33569533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytab018

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7859590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33569533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytab018

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