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2. Christenson RH, ed. The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry presents laboratory medicine practice guidelines: biomarkers of acute coronary syndromes and heart failure. American Association for Clinical Chemistry. www.aacc.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/NACB/LMPG/ACS_PDF_online.pdf. Published 2007. Accessed Sept. 4, 2013.
3. Thygesen K, Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, et al. Third universal definition of myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60(16):1581–1598.

Stephen E. Kahn, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Professor and Vice Chair
Clinical Services, Pathology
Associate Director of Laboratories
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Ill.
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Resource Committee

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