Troponins: Redefining their limits

Heart

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 447-452

  Baker, James O ^a   Reinhold, Johannes ^a   Redwood, Simon ^a   Marber, Michael S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN;

EID: 79952008172     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.205617     Document Type: Review

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