Cardiac troponin T is not increased in patients with hypothyroidism

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-120

  Ness Abramof, R ^a,b   Nabriski, D A ^a   Shapiro, M S ^a   Tripto Shkolnik, L ^a   Katz, B ^a   Weiss, E ^a   Shenkman, L ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase MB; Creatine phosphokinase; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid; Troponin T

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN; TROPONIN T; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 63849191198     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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