Epileptic seizure vs myocardial infarction: The significance of cardiac troponin levels

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 889-890

  Twig, Gilad ^a,b   Barsheshet, Alon ^a,b   Zimlichman, Eyal ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Seizures; Tonic clonic; Troponin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LAMOTRIGINE; MIDAZOLAM; SIMVASTATIN; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NOTE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN I;

EID: 37849022815     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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