Troponins: Not Always a Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Gupta, Sameer ^a   Alagona Jr , Peter ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIVER ENZYME; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE MARKER; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 49849090497     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.03.026     Document Type: Letter

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