title: Falsely elevated cardiac troponin I attributed to inappropriate dilution material.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Medicine,College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: tzekiong@totalbb.net.tw.
authors.forename: Tze-Kiong
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Er
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Medicine,College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yuh-Jyh
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jong
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chein-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Po-Chih
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsio-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Chi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Salud (Toledo), Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel Ruiz
authors.initials: MÁR
authors.lastname: Ginés
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007201:Indicator Dilution Techniques; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019210:Troponin I