Are troponins confusing?

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1285-1287

  Collinson, P O ^a   Stubbs, P J ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYDAY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COCAINE; CREATINE KINASE MB; HEART ENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MUSCLE INJURY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0142147116     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.11.1285     Document Type: Review

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