Value of serial troponin T measures for early and late risk stratification in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1853-1859

  Newby, L Kristin ^a   Christenson, Robert H ^b   Ohman, E Magnus ^a   Armstrong, Paul W ^c   Thompson, Trevor D ^a   Lee, Kerry L ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^e   Katus, Hugo A ^e   Cianciolo, Cresha ^a   Granger, Christopher B ^a   Topol, Eric J ^d   Califf, Robert M ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Ischemia; Mortality; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK;

EID: 0032480778     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.18.1853     Document Type: Article

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