Postmortem cardiac troponin-I levels predict intramyocardial damage at autopsy

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-137

  Vargas, Sara O ^a   Grudzien, Christine ^b   Tanasijevic, Milenko J ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Myocardial infarct; Serum; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERICARDIUM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 56049127933     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-007-0173-y     Document Type: Article

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