Prognostic implications of elevated troponin in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome but no critical epicardial coronary disease: A TACTICS-TIMI-18 substudy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-24

  Dokainish, Hisham ^a   Pillai, Manu ^a   Murphy, Sabina A ^b   Dibattiste, Peter M ^d   Schweiger, Marc J ^c   Lotfi, Amir ^c   Morrow, David A ^b   Cannon, Christopher P ^b   Braunwald, Eugene ^b   Lakkis, Nasser ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANGINA, UNSTABLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY STENOSIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; TROPONIN I;

EID: 19944372695     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.09.056     Document Type: Article

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