Inflammatory cytokines provide limited early prognostic information in emergency department patients with suspected myocardial ischemia

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-342

  Hillis, Graham S ^a,c   Terregino, Carol A ^b   Taggart, Pamela ^a   Killian, Anthony J ^b   Mangione, Antoinette ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^c ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0042324772     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00506-7     Document Type: Article

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