Troponin-positive, CK-MB-negative acute myocardial infarction: Clinical, electrocardiographic and angiographic characteristics

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 125-128

  Gruberg, Luis ^a   Sudarsky, Doron ^a   Kerner, Arthur ^a   Hammerman, Haim ^a   Kapeliovich, Michael ^a   Beyar, Rafael ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE MARKER; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 40449132112     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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