Initial troponin level may predict thrombus burden in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Optical coherence tomography study

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 457-462

  Pawłowski, Tomasz ^a   Prati, Francesco ^b   Capodanno, Davide ^c   Tamburino, Corado ^c   Gil, Robert J ^a,d  

^a CSK MSWiA ^*  (Poland)

^b Rome Heart Research   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Optical coherence tomography; Troponin

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THROMBUS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 84861655614     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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