Serum gamma-glutamyl transferase activity: New high-risk criteria in acute coronary syndrome patients?

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 489-495

  Ulus, Taner ^a   Yildirir, Aylin ^a   Sade, Leyla Elif ^a   Temiz, Ahmet ^a   Polat, Ezgi ^a   Bozbaş, Hüseyin ^a   Aydinalp, Alp ^a   Eroǧlu, Serpil ^a   Özin, Bülent ^a   Müderrisoǧlu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Glutamyl transferase; Acute coronary syndrome; Major adverse cardiac event; Oxidation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 55749115798     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e32830eab8c     Document Type: Article

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