Use of a highly sensitive assay for cardiac troponin T and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide to diagnose acute rejection in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-600

  Dyer, Adrian K ^a   Barnes, Aliessa P ^a   Fixler, David E ^a   Shah, Tejas K ^a   Sutcliffe, David L ^a   Hashim, Ibrahim ^a   Drazner, Mark H ^a   De Lemos, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; TROPONIN T;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84860177305     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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