title: Should the 1h algorithm for rule in and rule out of acute myocardial infarction be used universally?
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Crea
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA filippo.crea@unicatt.it.
authors.forename: Allan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Jaffe
authors.affiliation: St George's Hospital and Medical School, London.
authors.forename: Paul O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Collinson
authors.affiliation: Kerckhoff Heart Center and University of Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.affiliation: Uppsala University and Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bertil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindahl
authors.affiliation: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.affiliation: Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kristian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thygesen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and the Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Farmacologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito 1, IT-00168 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patrono
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roffi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D000072658:Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020107:Troponin T / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D020107:Troponin T