C-reactive protein as a predictor of cardiac rupture after acute myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 857-860

  Ueda, So ^a   Ikeda, Uichi ^a   Yamamoto, Keiji ^a   Takahashi, Masafumi ^a   Nishinaga, Masanori ^a   Nago, Naoki ^a   Shimada, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RUPTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0029916878     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90164-7     Document Type: Article

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