A Small Step for Man, a Leap Forward for Postoperative Management

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1555-1557

  Jaffe, Allan S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0242636742     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.08.004     Document Type: Editorial

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