Increases of cardiac troponin in conditions other than acute coronary syndrome and heart failure

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2098-2112

  Kelley, Walter E ^a   Januzzi, James L ^b   Christenson, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDITIS; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENVENOMATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STROKE; TROPONIN; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 71749102666     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.130799     Document Type: Review

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