Measuring serum aminoterminal type III procollagen peptide, 7S domain of type IV collagen, and cardiac troponin T in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and secondary cardiomyopathy

Heart

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 505-508

  Sato, Yukihito ^a   Kataoka, Kazuaki ^a   Matsumori, Akira ^b   Sasayama, Shigetake ^b   Yamada, Tasuku ^a   Ito, Haruyasu ^a   Takatsu, Yoshiki ^a  

^a HYOGO PREFECTURAL AMAGASAKI GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CREATINE KINASE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030844117     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.78.5.505     Document Type: Article

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