Incidence and Significance of a Positive Troponin Test in Bacteremic Patients Without Acute Coronary Syndrome

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 909-915

  Kalla, Carmel ^a   Raveh, David ^a   Algur, Nurit ^a   Rudensky, Bernard ^a   Yinnon, Amos M ^a   Balkin, Jonathan ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Cardiac troponin I; Mortality; Sepsis; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN I;

EID: 52949092337     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.05.037     Document Type: Article

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