The clinical relevance of raised cardiac troponin I in the absence of significant angiographic coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-330

  Nageh, Thuraia ^a   Sherwood, Roy A ^a   Wainwright, Ray J ^a   Shah, Ajay M ^a   Thomas, Martyn R ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiographic coronary artery disease; Cardiac troponin; Myocardial cell injury

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 17044398879     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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