1. Introduction

   • Jesse E. Adams

   EditorialNotes Pages: 81 - 81

2. Early evolution from ischemia to myocardial necrosis

   • Michael C. Fishbein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 86

3. Elevations in cardiac troponin measurements: False false-positives

   • Allan S. Jaffe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 92

4. Cardiac troponin assays

   • Fred S. Apple

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 98

5. Cardiac troponin T in ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction revisited

   • Stephanie Lehrke
   • Evangelos Giannitsis
   • Hugo A. Katus

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 104

6. Troponins in patients with acture coronary syndromes

   • David A. Morrow

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 110

7. Markers and the initial triage and treatment of patients with chest pain

   • Andra L. Blomkalns
   • W. Brian Gibler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 115

8. Improved identification of acute coronary syndromes with delta cardiac serum marker measurements during the emergency department evaluation of chest pain patients

   • Francis M. Fesmire

   OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 123

9. Rationale for the early clinical application of markers of ischemia in patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes

   • Robert L. Jesse
   • Rakesh Kukreja

   OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 133

10. Clinical and pathobiologic considerations in the evaluation of markers of myocardial ischemia

    • Jesse E. Adams

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 139

11. Markers of platelet activation and thrombin generation

    • Richard C. Becker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 145

12. Analysis of the Albumin cobalt Binding (ACB^TM) test as an adjunct to cardiac troponin I for the early detection of acute myocardial infarction

    • Alan H. B. Wu
    • Deborah L. Morris
    • Pennell C. Painter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 151

13. C-reactive protein and coronary heart disease

    • Nader Rifai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 157

14. B-type natriuretic peptide levels

    • Alan Maisel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 164

15. Mammalian cardenolides as biomarkers in congestive heart failure

    • Saeed A. Jortani
    • Roland Valdes Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 170

16. Determination of the falloff constant (k _f ) from modeling biochemical marker release

    • Robert H. Christenson
    • Show Hong Duh
    • E. Magnus Ohman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 176