The usefulness of serum troponin levels in evaluating cardiac injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 821-825

  Collins, Jay N ^a,b   Cole, Frederic J ^a   Weireter, Leonard J ^a   Riblet, Jeffrey L ^a   Britt, L D ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; ISOENZYME; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTUSIONS; CREATINE KINASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0035461561     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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