Is serum troponin T a useful marker of myocardial damage in newborn infants with perinatal asphyxia?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-184

  Costa, S ^a   Zecca, E ^a   De Rosa, G ^a   De Luca, D ^a   Barbato, G ^a   Pardeo, M ^a   Romagnoli, C ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin T; Echocardiography; Myocardial ischaemia; Perinatal asphyxia

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART PRELOAD; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 33847227728     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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