Prevalence, characteristics and outcomes of people aged 65 years and over with an incidental rise in cardiac troponin I: An observational prospective cohort study

Cardiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-67

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,b,c,e   Al Jawad, Muna ^a   Chacko, Sanoj M ^a   Chu, Gavin S ^a   Vowler, Sarah L ^d   May, Helen M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Elderly; Mortality; Troponin I

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 41749092722     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109408     Document Type: Article

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