Elevated cardiac enzymes and ECG changes after blunt trauma in an elderly woman [2]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-107

  Nichols, Tonya ^a   Houry, Debra ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN I;

AGING; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART CONTUSION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CONTUSIONS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN;

EID: 37849029958     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31815d2662     Document Type: Letter

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