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Five steps for use and interpretation of troponin in the Emergency Department

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  1. Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specializzazioni Mediche, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Francesco Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Ludovico Furlan & Elisa Ceriani

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Ludovico Furlan & Elisa Ceriani

  3. Emergency Medicine Department, Ca Granda Foundation IRCCS, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Anna Maria Rusconi

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Furlan, L., Rusconi, A.M. & Ceriani, E. Five steps for use and interpretation of troponin in the Emergency Department. Intern Emerg Med 12, 1055–1058 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1699-4

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