The Prognostic Value of Serum Troponin T in Unstable Angina

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 146-150

  Hamm, Christian W ^a   Ravkilde, Jan ^c   Gerhardt, Willie ^e   Jørgensen, Poul ^d   Peheim, Edgar ^e   Ljungdahl, Lars ^e,f   Goldmann, Britta ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Nya Lasarettet ^*  (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CELL DAMAGE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0026651887     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199207163270302     Document Type: Article

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