Elevated levels of troponins and acute ischemic stroke - A challenge for the cardiologist?

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 133-135

  Jensen, Jesper K ^a   Mickley, Hans ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34249075999     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430701397524     Document Type: Editorial

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