Usefulness of Troponin Levels Below the Diagnostic Cut-Off Level for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Predicting Prognosis in Unselected Patients Admitted to the Coronary Care Unit

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1357-1359

  Agewall, Stefan ^a   Olsson, Tobias ^b   Löwbeer, Christian ^b,c  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Aleris Fysiologlab   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TROPONIN I;

EID: 34247625610     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.059     Document Type: Article

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