title: Biomarkers in the emergency workup of chest pain: uses, limitations, and future.
abstract: When patients present with chest pain, their levels of cardiac biomarkers are only one piece of the clinical picture, albeit an important one. Together with the history, physical examination, and electrocardiography (ECG), these levels help estimate the probability that the patient is experiencing an acute coronary syndrome and will have an adverse clinical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Wassim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mosleh
authors.forename: Husam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abdel-Qadir
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farkouh
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D055316:Cystatin C / Q000097:blood*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism*; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood*; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C525030:CST3 protein, human; D055316:Cystatin C; D012709:Serum Albumin; D019210:Troponin I; D020107:Troponin T; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain