Falsely elevated cardiac troponin I attributed to inappropriate dilution material.
Er
Tze-Kiong
TK
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.
Jong
Yuh-Jyh
YJ
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.
Chiang
Chein-Hua
CH
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Chen
Po-Chih
PC
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Huang
Chun-Chi
CC
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Hsio-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ginés
Miguel Ángel Ruiz
MÁR
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital Virgen de la Salud (Toledo), Spain.
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*
D015415:Biomarkers; D019210:Troponin I