Myocardial necrosis in 'pure unstable angina': Identification of high- risk subgroups or a contradiction in terms?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 190-192

  Jesse, R L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0032913482     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hj.1999.v137.92780     Document Type: Article

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