Raised cardiac troponin T levels in patients without acute coronary syndrome

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 977, 2007, Pages 200-205

  Wong, P ^a   Murray, S ^a   Ramsewak, A ^a   Robinson, A ^a   Van Heyningen, C ^a   Rodrigues, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN SECRETION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 33947535736     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.049080     Document Type: Article

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