Risk stratification in acute decompensated heart failure: The role of cardiac troponin

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 680-681

  Mueller, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN;

EID: 55149112586     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1342     Document Type: Note

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