Can C reactive protein or troponins T and I predict outcome in patients with intractable unstable angina?

Heart

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-27

  Curzen, N P ^a,b   Patel, D J ^a   Kemp, M ^a   Hooper, J ^a   Knight, C J ^a   Clarke, D ^a   Wright, C ^a   Fox, K M ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Troponin I; Troponin T; Unstable angina

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; Q WAVE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031829080     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.80.1.23     Document Type: Article

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