About the Authors
- Julian T. Hertz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Julian T. Hertz, Joseph M. Reardon
Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Joseph M. Reardon
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Contributed equally to this work with: Julian T. Hertz, Joseph M. Reardon
Affiliation Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Clarissa G. Rodrigues
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Affiliations Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Instituto de Cardiologia do RS – Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
- Luciano de Andrade
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Affiliations Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), Foz do Iguaçú, PR, Brazil
- Alexander T. Limkakeng
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Affiliation Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Gerald S. Bloomfield
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Affiliations Division of Cardiology and Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Catherine A. Lynch
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* E-mail: Catherine.Lynch@duke.edu
Affiliations Division of Emergency Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
ATL has received research funding from Roche International and Abbott Laboratories, which manufacture troponin assays. The other authors have no relevant conflicts of interest. ATL's research grants listed in the Competing Interests section place no restrictions on the review article that we are submitting. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JTH JMR CAL. Performed the experiments: JTH JMR CAL. Analyzed the data: JTH JMR CAL CGR LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGR LA GSB ATL. Wrote the paper: JTH JMR CGR CAL. Created GIS Map: LA. Provided Critical Manuscript Editing and Interpretation: GSB ATL.