Time to positivity of a rapid bedside assay for cardiac-specific troponin T predicts prognosis in acute coronary syndromes: A Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 11A substudy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 326-330

  Antman, Elliott M ^a   Sacks, David B ^a   Rifai, Nader ^b   McCabe, Carolyn H ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Braunwald, Eugene ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0031955682     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00485-3     Document Type: Article

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