Positive troponin T in a chagasic patient with sustained ventricular tachycardia and no obstructive lesions on cine coronary angiography;Troponina T positiva em paciente chagásico com taquicardia ventricular sustentada e cinecoronariografia sem lesões obstrutivas

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-184

  De Nassau Machado, Maurício ^a,b   Suzuki, Fábio Auguste ^a,b   Mouco, Osana Costa C ^a,b   Hernandes, Mauro Esteves ^a,b   Lemos, Maria Angélica B T ^a,b   Maia, Lilia Nigro ^a,b  

^a FAMERP ^*  (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART PALPITATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 15244358796     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2005000200019     Document Type: Review

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