Cardiac troponin T in the severity assessment of patients with pulmonary embolism: Cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7384, 2003, Pages 312-313

  Janata, Karin ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a   Müllner, Marcus ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0037425784     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7384.312     Document Type: Article

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