Increased cardiac troponin I on admission predicts in-hospital mortality in acute pulmonary embolism

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 633-637

  La Vecchia, L ^b   Ottani, F ^b   Favero, L ^b   Spadaro, G L ^b   Rubboli, A ^b   Boanno, C ^b   Mezzena, G ^b   Fontanelli, A ^b   Jaffe, A S ^a,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2442710126     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.019745     Document Type: Article

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