(Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.) Edited by Alan H.B. Wu. 300 pp., illustrated. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 1998. $99.50. ISBN 0-89603-434-8.
For a cardiologist, reviewing Cardiac Markers, written predominantlyby and for clinical biochemists, feels uncomfortably like readingsomeone else's diary. However, the nature of this book's subjectwill encourage prying eyes. The inadequacy of clinical acumen,gravitas, and a long stethoscope in diagnosing acute coronarysyndromes is a disappointing fact of life, and the blood testhas long been enshrined in the World Health Organization's definitionof acute myocardial infarction. Recent advances in noninvasiveand invasive treatments of acute coronary syndromes depend onearly and rapid diagnosis. For this reason, considerable energyand resources have been channeled into the quest . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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