Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF): A new biochemical marker for acute myocardial infarction

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 241-246

  Sato, Tetsuya ^a   Yoshinouchi, Takeo ^a   Sakamoto, Taisuke ^a   Fujieda, Hiroyuki ^a   Murao, Satoshi ^a   Sato, Hirohiko ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroo ^b   Ohe, Tohru ^c  

^a Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

^b Takamatsu Citizen Hospital   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A new biochemical marker; Acute myocardial infarction; Creatine phosphokinase; Hepatocyte growth factor

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE ISOENZYME; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEPARIN; SCATTER FACTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0031432147     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02766790     Document Type: Article

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