Acute coronary syndromes in the troponins' era;Síndromes coronarios agudos en la era de las troponinas

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 538-540

  Ortega Carnicer, J ^a,b  

^a Servicio de Cirugía General   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MICROVASCULATURE; ST SEGMENT;

EID: 0344014117     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(03)79954-9     Document Type: Editorial

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