Troponin levels in hemodialysis patients: Interpretation based on guidelines, changing concentrations and high-sensitivity assays

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1112-1113

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 79952152941     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq736     Document Type: Letter

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