Challenging interpretation of elevated cardiac troponin T in a complex case with rhabdomyolysis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1027-1028

  Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN T;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACCURACY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GANGRENE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFERENCE VALUE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84865738749     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.028     Document Type: Letter

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