A study of various morphologic variables and troponin I in pericardial fluid as possible discriminators of sudden cardiac death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-337

  Cina, Stephen J ^a,e   Thompson, William C ^a   Fischer Jr , Joseph R ^a   Brown, Daniel K ^b   Titus, Jack M ^c   Smialek, John E ^b,d  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER   (United States)

^c County Medical Examiner ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; cTnI; Death; Heart; Sudden death; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0033372029     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199912000-00004     Document Type: Article

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