Myocardial infarction diagnosed by troponin concentration in postoperative patients with head and neck cancer admitted on the day of operation

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-246

  Eley, Karen A ^a   Watt Smith, S R ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TROPONIN;

EID: 61849134909     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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