Troponin T: How high is high? Relationship and differences between serum cardiac markers according to level of creatine kinase and type of myocardial infarction

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 948, 2004, Pages 613-614

  Williams, S G ^a,b   Silas, J H ^c   Joseph, F ^c   Jackson, M ^a,b   Rittoo, D ^c   Currie, P ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; Q WAVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TROPONIN T;

EID: 6344221744     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.016253     Document Type: Article

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