Pitfalls and problems of relying on serum troponin

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 365-371

  Burness, C E ^a   Beacock, D ^a   Channer, Kevin S ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; CLOPIDOGREL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PREDNISOLONE; SOTALOL; TROPONIN; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 18644368514     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hci055     Document Type: Article

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