Cardiac troponin elevations in patients without acute coronary syndrome

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2871-2872

  Hamm, Christian W ^a   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^b   Katus, Hugo A ^b  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Editorials; Embolism; Kidney; Myocarditis; Myocardium; Tests

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MYOCARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I;

EID: 0037016063     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000044342.50593.63     Document Type: Editorial

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