Angiographic findings in patients with refractory unstable angina according to troponin T status

Circulation

Volumn 100, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1509-1514

  Heeschen, Christopher ^a   Van Den Brand, Marcel J ^b   Hamm, Christian W ^c   Simoons, Maarten L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abciximab; Angina; Thrombus; Troponin T; Unstable

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0033527377     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.100.14.1509     Document Type: Article

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