Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A: A biomarker in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-228

  Lund, Juha ^a   Qin, Qiu Ping ^a   Ilva, Tuomo ^a   Nikus, Kjell ^b   Eskola, Markku ^b   Porela, Pekka ^a   Kokkala, Saara ^a   Pulkki, Kari ^c   Pettersson, Kim ^a   Voipio Pulkki, Liisa Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Pregnancy associated plasma protein A; Prognosis; STEMI

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN A; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE ST SEGMENT ELEVATION HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE INSTABILITY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE RUPTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART REINFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RUPTURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN-A; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646422738     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890500525883     Document Type: Article

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