Severity of coronary artery disease in patients with acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation is related to baseline troponin I and ST-segment depression

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Adamus, Jerzy ^a   Gil, Maciej ^b   Zarȩbiński, Maciej ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac catheterisation; Coronary artery disease; Troponin I

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TROPONIN I;

EID: 17944398725     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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