Myocardial infarction – new definitions and implications

Medicine (United Kingdom)

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 421-423

  Jain, Ajay K ^a   Knight, Charles ^a,b  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; cardiac troponin; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959830511     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: 13654357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2010.05.009     Document Type: Review

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