Admission troponin t as a prognostic marker and its relationship to streptokinase treatment in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-22

  Kazmi, Khawar A ^a   Iqbal, M Perwaiz ^a   Rahbar, Abdul ^a   Mehboobali, Naseema ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOKINASE; TROPONIN T;

EID: 0037254201     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300110     Document Type: Article

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