Prognostic Implications of Normal (<0.10 ng/ml) and Borderline (0.10 to 1.49 ng/ml) Troponin Elevation Levels in Critically Ill Patients Without Acute Coronary Syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 509-512

  Stein, Russell ^a   Gupta, Bhanu ^b   Agarwal, Sanjay ^b   Golub, Jason ^c   Bhutani, Divaya ^b   Rosman, Alan ^b   Eng, Calvin ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC PATIENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 51749091059     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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